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Walter Reed National Military Med Cen

4494 Palmer Rd N, Bethesda, MD 20814 · (301) 295-4000

Military hospitalDepartment of DefenseEmergency room

Walter Reed National Military Med Cen is a military hospital in Bethesda, Maryland (Montgomery County). It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 84% of patients said they would definitely recommend it.

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (1,825 surveys)
3 h 4 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 1,825 surveys

84%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
78%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

3 h 4 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
54%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: medium.

Infections and complications lower is better
Central-line bloodstream infections
0.25
≈ Same as US
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.00
✓ Better than US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.41
✓ Better than US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

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