Is the Sanford Worthington Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 78% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 55mmedian time
in this ER

Sanford Worthington Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Worthington, MN

Faster than 78% of US ERs · #904 of 4,081

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33m faster than the US median

This ERMN 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year7,701

1018 Sixth Avenue Po Box 997, Worthington, MN 56187

(507) 372-3110

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Sanford Worthington Medical Center in Worthington, Minnesota spend a median of 1 hour 55 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 33 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.

ERs near Worthington

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Questions

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

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 55 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 78% 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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