Is the Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner ER faster than average?

It is faster than 51% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 27mmedian time
in this ER

Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner ER wait time

Emergency room · Kenner, LA

Faster than 51% of US ERs · #2,003 of 4,081

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1m faster than the US median

This ERLA 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year53,193

180 West Esplanade Avenue, Kenner, LA 70065

(504) 464-8065

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner in Kenner, Louisiana spend a median of 2 hours 27 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 minute less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Louisiana median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Kenner

East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · 3.8 miFaster than 44% of US ERs2h 37min the ER Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · 7.2 miFaster than 32% of US ERs2h 54min the ER Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · 11 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 27min the ER University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · 12 miFaster than 1% of US ERs5h 27min the ER St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · 14 miFaster than 78% of US ERs1h 54min the ER West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · 17 miFaster than 51% of US ERs2h 27min the ER New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans, LA · 17 miFaster than 56% of US ERs2h 20min the ER St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · 18 miFaster than 29% of US ERs3h 00min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 27 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 51% 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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