Is the Northern Louisiana Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 60% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 15mmedian time
in this ER

Northern Louisiana Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Ruston, LA

Faster than 60% of US ERs · #1,604 of 4,081

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13m faster than the US median

This ERLA 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year20,466

401 East Vaughn Avenue, Ruston, LA 71270

(318) 254-2100

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Northern Louisiana Medical Center in Ruston, Louisiana spend a median of 2 hours 15 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 13 minutes less 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 Ruston

Bienville Medical CenterArcadia, LA · 17 miFaster than 90% of US ERs1h 40min the ER Jackson Parish HospitalJonesboro, LA · 19 miFaster than 60% of US ERs2h 15min the ER Reeves Memorial Medical CenterBernice, LA · 23 miFaster than 78% of US ERs1h 55min the ER Union General HospitalFarmerville, LA · 26 miFaster than 95% of US ERs1h 29min the ER Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · 28 miFaster than 43% of US ERs2h 38min the ER Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · 29 miFaster than 96% of US ERs1h 24min the ER Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · 31 miFaster than 10% of US ERs3h 46min the ER Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · 35 miFaster than 47% of US ERs2h 32min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Northern Louisiana Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 15 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 60% 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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