Is the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 14% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 30mmedian time
in this ER

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Lake Charles, LA

Faster than 14% of US ERs · #3,485 of 4,081

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1h 02m slower than the US median

This ERLA 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year50,971

1701 Oak Park Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70601

(337) 494-3000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana spend a median of 3 hours 30 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 2 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Louisiana median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Lake Charles

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 30 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 14% 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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