Is the Owatonna Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 77% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 56mmedian time
in this ER

Owatonna Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Owatonna, MN

Faster than 77% of US ERs · #928 of 4,081

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32m faster than the US median

This ERMN 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year19,045

2250 26Th Street Northwest, Owatonna, MN 55060

(507) 451-3850

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Owatonna Hospital in Owatonna, Minnesota spend a median of 1 hour 56 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 32 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Minnesota median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Owatonna Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 56 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 77% 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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