Is the St Josephs Area Health Services ER faster than average?

It is faster than 48% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 31mmedian time
in this ER

St Josephs Area Health Services ER wait time

Emergency room · Park Rapids, MN

Faster than 48% of US ERs · #2,124 of 4,081

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3m slower than the US median

This ERMN 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year8,402

600 Pleasant Avenue, Park Rapids, MN 56470

(218) 732-3311

Patients sent home from the emergency room at St Josephs Area Health Services in Park Rapids, Minnesota spend a median of 2 hours 31 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 3 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Minnesota median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the St Josephs Area Health Services ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 31 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 48% 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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