Is the Piedmont Hospital, Inc ER faster than average?

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

4h 14mmedian time
in this ER

Piedmont Hospital, Inc ER wait time

Emergency room · Atlanta, GA

Faster than 4% of US ERs · #3,900 of 4,081

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1h 46m slower than the US median

This ERGA 2h 42mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year68,499

1968 Peachtree Rd Nw, Atlanta, GA 30309

(404) 605-5000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Piedmont Hospital, Inc in Atlanta, Georgia spend a median of 4 hours 14 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 46 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Georgia median of 2 hours 42 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Piedmont Hospital, Inc ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 14 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 4% 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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