Is the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 12% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 36mmedian time
in this ER

Phoebe Sumter Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Americus, GA

Faster than 12% of US ERs · #3,572 of 4,081

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1h 08m slower than the US median

This ERGA 2h 42mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year23,382

126 Highway 280 W, Americus, GA 31719

(229) 931-1280

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia spend a median of 3 hours 36 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 8 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Georgia median of 2 hours 42 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 36 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 12% 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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