Is the UPMC Altoona ER faster than average?

It is faster than 14% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 30mmedian time
in this ER

UPMC Altoona ER wait time

Emergency room · Altoona, PA

Faster than 14% of US ERs · #3,493 of 4,081

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1h 02m slower than the US median

This ERPA 3h 08mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year49,049

620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA 16601

(814) 889-2011

Patients sent home from the emergency room at UPMC Altoona in Altoona, Pennsylvania spend a median of 3 hours 30 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 2 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower 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 UPMC Altoona ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 30 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 14% 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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