Is the Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics ER faster than average?

It is faster than 96% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 25mmedian time
in this ER

Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics ER wait time

Emergency room · West Union, IA

Faster than 96% of US ERs · #146 of 4,081

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1h 03m faster than the US median

This ERIA 2h 00mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year3,500

112 Jefferson Street, West Union, IA 52175

(563) 422-3811

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics in West Union, Iowa spend a median of 1 hour 25 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 3 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Iowa median of 2 hours. 0% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 25 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 96% 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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