Is the St Tammany Parish Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 41% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 41mmedian time
in this ER

St Tammany Parish Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Covington, LA

Faster than 41% of US ERs · #2,401 of 4,081

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13m slower than the US median

This ERLA 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year51,877

1202 S Tyler Street, Covington, LA 70433

(985) 898-4000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at St Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, Louisiana spend a median of 2 hours 41 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 13 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Louisiana median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Covington

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Questions

How long is the wait at the St Tammany Parish Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 41 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 41% 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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