Is the Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street ER faster than average?

It is faster than 34% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 52mmedian time
in this ER

Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street ER wait time

Emergency room · Pottsville, PA

Faster than 34% of US ERs · #2,694 of 4,081

Directions Call PA ranking

24m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year28,862

420 South Jackson Street, Pottsville, PA 17901

(570) 621-5102

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania spend a median of 2 hours 52 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 24 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Pennsylvania median of 3 hours 8 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 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 34% 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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