Is the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 76% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 57mmedian time
in this ER

Avera Sacred Heart Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Yankton, SD

Faster than 76% of US ERs · #943 of 4,081

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31m faster than the US median

This ERSD 1h 52mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year10,374

501 Summit St, Yankton, SD 57078

(605) 668-8000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota spend a median of 1 hour 57 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 31 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the South Dakota median of 1 hour 52 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 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 shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 76% 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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