Is the Virginia Mason Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 16% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 26mmedian time
in this ER

Virginia Mason Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Seattle, WA

Faster than 16% of US ERs · #3,432 of 4,081

Directions Call WA ranking

58m slower than the US median

This ERWA 2h 47mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year22,920

925 Seneca St, Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 223-6600

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington spend a median of 3 hours 26 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 58 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Washington median of 2 hours 47 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Virginia Mason Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 26 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 16% 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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