Is the Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 86% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 45mmedian time
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Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Rock Rapids, IA

Faster than 86% of US ERs · #541 of 4,081

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43m faster than the US median

This ERIA 2h 00mUS 2h 28m

1100 S 10Th Ave, Rock Rapids, IA 51246

(712) 472-5400

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital in Rock Rapids, Iowa spend a median of 1 hour 45 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 43 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Iowa median of 2 hours.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 45 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 86% 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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