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ER Wait Time in Seattle Hospitals

These are the average wait times Seattle hospital ER's from fastest to slowest. Actual wait times will depend on many factors.

Hospital - Share Your ExperienceCity
Total Wait Times
Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill
Seattle 1h 56m
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle 2h 24m
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle 2h 46m
Northwest Hospital
Seattle 2h 48m
University Of Washington Medical Ctr
Seattle 4h 19m
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle 5h 9m
Group Health Central Hospital
Seattle N/A
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle N/A

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These are the average time from entering the ER to being admitted to the hospital by a doctor. In a busy ER, patients will be seen by a triage nurse first. Then the wait time will vary by severity, and how busy the ER is at the time of day. Patients with less serious problems could have substantially longer waits.

There is a 193 minute wait difference between the fastest Seattle emergency room and the slowest.

Stories



Mar 22, 2024, 3:31 AM
: "CMH Ventura- 4 Hours and counting!! Pathetic." - Jeanne

Mar 17, 2024, 11:13 PM
: "At ate a health bad wait" - Ty

Mar 15, 2024, 2:43 AM
: "Been waiting at WHC for 4.5 hours. No end in sight" - Tracy

Mar 06, 2024, 5:56 PM
: "It is a joke. My SO waited 15 hours before he left. Now new day and by DR orders is back again for 102.6 fever and 130 + heartrate" - Tami

Feb 28, 2024, 6:58 PM
: "Currently been at North Bay waiting for 4 hours.... and counting. " - Jim

Feb 27, 2024, 8:23 PM
: "Been at jackson general for 4 hours now, I’m hungry and sleepy" - Heaven

Feb 27, 2024, 3:59 PM
: "Currently waiting 4 hours now at Kaiser Kearney Mesa. Full waiting room at 1pm." - Marina

Feb 26, 2024, 1:42 PM
: "We waited 8 hours last night at MO Bap" - DL

Feb 24, 2024, 12:12 PM
: "Test 5h" - Tes

Feb 24, 2024, 12:08 PM
: "I waited 2.5 hours at Milford Regional to find out someone ahead of me had been waiting an additional 2.5 hours. I went home. 2.5 hous later I got a call from the ER that they were looking for me. So 5h would have been the wait. " - Dan

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