Is the Bigfork Valley Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 69% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 05mmedian time
in this ER

Bigfork Valley Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Bigfork, MN

Faster than 69% of US ERs · #1,228 of 4,081

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23m faster than the US median

This ERMN 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

258 Pine Tree Drive, Bigfork, MN 56628

(218) 743-3177

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Bigfork Valley Hospital in Bigfork, Minnesota spend a median of 2 hours 5 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 23 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Minnesota median of 2 hours 6 minutes.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Bigfork Valley Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 5 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 69% 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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