Is the Wakemed, Cary Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 21% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 16mmedian time
in this ER

Wakemed, Cary Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Cary, NC

Faster than 21% of US ERs · #3,237 of 4,081

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48m slower than the US median

This ERNC 3h 07mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year72,325

1900 Kildare Farm Road, Cary, NC 27518

(919) 350-2550

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Wakemed, Cary Hospital in Cary, North Carolina spend a median of 3 hours 16 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 48 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the North Carolina median of 3 hours 7 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Cary

Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · 6.5 miFaster than 18% of US ERs3h 22min the ER Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · 13 miFaster than 17% of US ERs3h 24min the ER Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · 22 miFaster than 4% of US ERs4h 15min the ER UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · 23 miFaster than 3% of US ERs4h 28min the ER Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · 23 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 17min the ER Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · 27 miFaster than 34% of US ERs2h 52min the ER Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · 29 miFaster than 26% of US ERs3h 07min the ER Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · 34 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 30min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Wakemed, Cary Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 16 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 21% 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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