Is the St Vincent's Birmingham ER faster than average?

It is faster than 6% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

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St Vincent's Birmingham ER wait time

Emergency room · Birmingham, AL

Faster than 6% of US ERs · #3,839 of 4,081

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1h 35m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

810 St Vincent'S Drive, Birmingham, AL 35205

(205) 939-7000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at St Vincent's Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama spend a median of 4 hours 3 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 35 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes.

ERs near Birmingham

University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · 1.0 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 31min the ER Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · 2.1 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · 4.4 miFaster than 39% of US ERs2h 44min the ER Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · 5.4 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL · 13 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · 14 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 27min the ER Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · 19 miFaster than 28% of US ERs3h 02min the ER St Vincent's St ClairPell City, AL · 31 miFaster than 46% of US ERs2h 34min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the St Vincent's Birmingham ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 3 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 6% 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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