Is the Broadlawns Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 17% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 24mmedian time
in this ER

Broadlawns Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Des Moines, IA

Faster than 17% of US ERs · #3,370 of 4,081

Directions Call IA ranking

56m slower than the US median

This ERIA 2h 00mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen9%

ER visits a year25,667

1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50314

(515) 282-2200

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa spend a median of 3 hours 24 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 56 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Iowa median of 2 hours. 9% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Broadlawns Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 24 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 17% 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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