Is the Kern Valley Healthcare District ER faster than average?

It is faster than 40% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 43mmedian time
in this ER

Kern Valley Healthcare District ER wait time

Emergency room · Lake Isabella, CA

Faster than 40% of US ERs · #2,444 of 4,081

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15m slower than the US median

This ERCA 2h 54mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year7,797

6412 Laurel Ave, Lake Isabella, CA 93240

(760) 379-2681

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Kern Valley Healthcare District in Lake Isabella, California spend a median of 2 hours 43 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 15 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the California median of 2 hours 54 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Lake Isabella

Kern Medical CenterBakersfield, CA · 21 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 06min the ER Sierra View Medical CenterPorterville, CA · 35 miFaster than 25% of US ERs3h 09min the ER Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield, CA · 35 miFaster than 3% of US ERs4h 28min the ER Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield, CA · 35 miFaster than 6% of US ERs4h 00min the ER Mercy HospitalBakersfield, CA · 36 miFaster than 22% of US ERs3h 13min the ER Adventist Health Tehachapi ValleyTehachapi, CA · 36 miFaster than 35% of US ERs2h 50min the ER Adventist Health DelanoDelano, CA · 43 miFaster than 48% of US ERs2h 30min the ER Ridgecrest Regional HospitalRidgecrest, CA · 43 miFaster than 21% of US ERs3h 15min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Kern Valley Healthcare District ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 43 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 40% 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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