Is the Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus ER faster than average?

It is faster than 42% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 40mmedian time
in this ER

Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus ER wait time

Emergency room · Decatur, AL

Faster than 42% of US ERs · #2,361 of 4,081

Directions Call AL ranking

12m slower than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year55,013

1201 7Th Street Se, Decatur, AL 35601

(256) 341-2000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus in Decatur, Alabama spend a median of 2 hours 40 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 12 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 40 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 42% 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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