Is the Prisma Health Richland Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 10% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 45mmedian time
in this ER

Prisma Health Richland Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Columbia, SC

Faster than 10% of US ERs · #3,675 of 4,081

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1h 17m slower than the US median

This ERSC 2h 40mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year102,568

5 Medical Park, Columbia, SC 29203

(803) 296-2548

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina spend a median of 3 hours 45 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 17 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the South Carolina median of 2 hours 40 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Prisma Health Richland Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 45 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 10% 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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