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Emergency Room Visit Time (Median Minutes)

Median time patients spent in the emergency department from arrival until they left, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric patients. Across US hospitals the typical (median) time is about 2.5 hours.

Unit: minutesLower is better: Yes

Top US Hospitals — Lowest Emergency Room Visit Time (Median Minutes)

#HospitalCity, StateScorevs National
1RIO GRANDE HOSPITALDEL NORTE, CO42.00
2MILLE LACS HEALTH SYSTEMONAMIA, MN42.00
3MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICTCOLORADO CITY, TX47.00
4CUBA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCCUBA, NY48.00
5COTEAU DES PRAIRIES HEALTH CARE SYSTEMSISSETON, SD48.00
6PINCKNEYVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALPINCKNEYVILLE, IL50.00
7RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTERRAYVILLE, LA57.00
8COMPASS MEMORIAL HEALTHCAREMARENGO, IA58.00
9WIREGRASS MEDICAL CENTERGENEVA, AL59.00
10SAMUEL MAHELONA MEMORIAL HOSPITALKAPAA, HI59.00
11KULA HOSPITALKULA, HI59.00
12MYRTUE MEDICAL CENTERHARLAN, IA59.00
13LADY OF THE SEA GENERAL HOSPITALCUT OFF, LA61.00
14SHERIDAN COMMUNITY HOSPITALSHERIDAN, MI61.00
15INTEGRIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - COUNCIL CROSSINGOKLAHOMA CITY, OK62.00
16MCBRIDE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITALOKLAHOMA CITY, OK63.00
17HONOKA'A HOSPITAL AND SKILLED NURSINGHONOKAA, HI65.00
18CASS LAKE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITALCASS LAKE, MN65.00
19MCCONE COUNTY HEALTH CENTERCIRCLE, MT65.00
20Keller ACH (West Point)West Point, NY65.00