Is the Northwest Health-la Porte ER faster than average?

It is faster than 44% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 36mmedian time
in this ER

Northwest Health-la Porte ER wait time

Emergency room · La Porte, IN

Faster than 44% of US ERs · #2,250 of 4,081

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8m slower than the US median

This ERIN 2h 20mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year22,922

1007 Lincolnway, La Porte, IN 46350

(219) 326-1234

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Northwest Health-la Porte in La Porte, Indiana spend a median of 2 hours 36 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 8 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Indiana median of 2 hours 20 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Northwest Health-la Porte ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 36 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 44% 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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