Is the Ochsner Choctaw General ER faster than average?

It is faster than 75% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 59mmedian time
in this ER

Ochsner Choctaw General ER wait time

Emergency room · Butler, AL

Faster than 75% of US ERs · #1,024 of 4,081

Directions Call AL ranking

29m faster than the US median

This ERAL 2h 27mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year5,990

401 Vanity Fair Lane, Po Box 618, Butler, AL 36904

(205) 459-9100

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Ochsner Choctaw General in Butler, Alabama spend a median of 1 hour 59 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 29 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Alabama median of 2 hours 27 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Butler

Ochsner Watkins HospitalQuitman, MS · 21 miFaster than 95% of US ERs1h 30min the ER Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian, MS · 23 miFaster than 27% of US ERs3h 05min the ER Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian, MS · 23 miFaster than 36% of US ERs2h 49min the ER Hill Hospital of Sumter CountyYork, AL · 23 miFaster than 55% of US ERs2h 21min the ER Whitfield Regional HospitalDemopolis, AL · 31 miFaster than 75% of US ERs1h 59min the ER Wayne General HospitalWaynesboro, MS · 37 miFaster than 63% of US ERs2h 12min the ER Grove Hill Memorial HospitalGrove Hill, AL · 39 miFaster than 38% of US ERs2h 46min the ER Jackson Medical CenterJackson, AL · 48 miFaster than 70% of US ERs2h 04min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Ochsner Choctaw General ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 59 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 75% 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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