Is the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 22% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 13mmedian time
in this ER

Sanford Bemidji Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Bemidji, MN

Faster than 22% of US ERs · #3,163 of 4,081

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45m slower than the US median

This ERMN 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen4%

ER visits a year26,681

1300 Anne St Nw, Bemidji, MN 56601

(218) 751-5430

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in Bemidji, Minnesota spend a median of 3 hours 13 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 45 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Minnesota median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 4% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 13 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 longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 22% 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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