Is the Walter Reed National Military Med Cen ER faster than average?

It is faster than 27% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 04mmedian time
in this ER

Walter Reed National Military Med Cen ER wait time

Emergency room · Bethesda, MD

Faster than 27% of US ERs · #2,971 of 4,081

Directions Call MD ranking

36m slower than the US median

This ERMD 4h 03mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year23,008

4494 Palmer Rd N, Bethesda, MD 20814

(301) 295-4000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Walter Reed National Military Med Cen in Bethesda, Maryland spend a median of 3 hours 4 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 36 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Maryland median of 4 hours 3 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Walter Reed National Military Med Cen ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 4 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 27% 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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