Is the Penn State Health St. Joseph ER faster than average?

It is faster than 8% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 52mmedian time
in this ER

Penn State Health St. Joseph ER wait time

Emergency room · Reading, PA

Faster than 8% of US ERs · #3,750 of 4,081

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1h 24m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year45,619

2500 Bernville Road, Reading, PA 19605

(610) 378-2000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Penn State Health St. Joseph in Reading, Pennsylvania spend a median of 3 hours 52 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 24 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hours 8 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Penn State Health St. Joseph ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 52 minutes in the ER, from arrival to departure (CMS, Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Half of patients spend longer.

Is that a long wait?

It's longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 8% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number.

Where does this data come from?

From CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. How this works.

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