Is the University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 3% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 22mmedian time
in this ER

University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · La Plata, MD

Faster than 3% of US ERs · #3,940 of 4,081

Directions Call MD ranking

1h 54m slower than the US median

This ERMD 4h 03mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year47,936

5 Garrett Avenue, La Plata, MD 20646

(301) 609-4265

Patients sent home from the emergency room at University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland spend a median of 4 hours 22 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 54 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Maryland median of 4 hours 3 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the University of Md Charles Regional Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 22 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 3% 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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