Is the Samaritan Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 60% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 15mmedian time
in this ER

Samaritan Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Moses Lake, WA

Faster than 60% of US ERs · #1,609 of 4,081

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13m faster than the US median

This ERWA 2h 47mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year26,345

801 East Wheeler Road, Moses Lake, WA 98837

(509) 765-5606

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake, Washington spend a median of 2 hours 15 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 13 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Washington median of 2 hours 47 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Moses Lake

Columbia Basin HospitalEphrata, WA · 20 miFaster than 63% of US ERs2h 12min the ER Odessa Memorial Healthcare CenterOdessa, WA · 29 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 35min the ER Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee, WA · 46 miFaster than 54% of US ERs2h 23min the ER Astria Sunnyside HospitalSunnyside, WA · 47 miFaster than 72% of US ERs2h 02min the ER Kittitas Valley Community HospitalEllensburg, WA · 50 miFaster than 72% of US ERs2h 02min the ER Lourdes Medical CenterPasco, WA · 56 miFaster than 76% of US ERs1h 57min the ER Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee, WA · 60 miFaster than 80% of US ERs1h 52min the ER Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland, WA · 62 miFaster than 37% of US ERs2h 47min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Samaritan Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 15 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 60% 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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