Is the Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. ER faster than average?

It is faster than 59% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 17mmedian time
in this ER

Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. ER wait time

Emergency room · Mount Vernon, KY

Faster than 59% of US ERs · #1,681 of 4,081

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11m faster than the US median

This ERKY 2h 21mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year10,940

145 Newcomb Avenue, Mount Vernon, KY 40456

(606) 256-2195

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. in Mount Vernon, Kentucky spend a median of 2 hours 17 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 11 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Kentucky median of 2 hours 21 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 17 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 59% 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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