Is the Altru Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 31% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 57mmedian time
in this ER

Altru Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Grand Forks, ND

Faster than 31% of US ERs · #2,807 of 4,081

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29m slower than the US median

This ERND 1h 45mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year36,728

1200 S Columbia Rd, Grand Forks, ND 58201

(701) 780-5000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota spend a median of 2 hours 57 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 29 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the North Dakota median of 1 hour 45 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Grand Forks

Northwood Deaconess Health CenterNorthwood, ND · 24 miFaster than 96% of US ERs1h 26min the ER Sanford MayvilleMayville, ND · 27 miFaster than 90% of US ERs1h 39min the ER North Valley Health CenterWarren, MN · 28 miFaster than 78% of US ERs1h 54min the ER Riverview HospitalCrookston, MN · 28 miFaster than 98% of US ERs1h 18min the ER Sanford HillsboroHillsboro, ND · 33 miFaster than 99% of US ERs1h 12min the ER Unity Medical CenterGrafton, ND · 40 miFaster than 68% of US ERs2h 06min the ER Essentia Health AdaAda, MN · 45 miFaster than 90% of US ERs1h 39min the ER Sanford Thief River Falls Medical CenterThief River Falls, MN · 47 miFaster than 85% of US ERs1h 47min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Altru Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 57 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 31% 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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