Is the Rainy Lake Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 64% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 11mmedian time
in this ER

Rainy Lake Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · International Falls, MN

Faster than 64% of US ERs · #1,463 of 4,081

Directions Call MN ranking

17m faster than the US median

This ERMN 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year5,779

1400 Highway 71, International Falls, MN 56649

(218) 283-4481

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Rainy Lake Medical Center in International Falls, Minnesota spend a median of 2 hours 11 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 17 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower 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 Rainy Lake Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 11 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 64% 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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