Is the Allen Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 40% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 43mmedian time
in this ER

Allen Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Waterloo, IA

Faster than 40% of US ERs · #2,432 of 4,081

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15m slower than the US median

This ERIA 2h 00mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year39,059

1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50703

(319) 235-3941

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa spend a median of 2 hours 43 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 15 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Iowa median of 2 hours. 3% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Waterloo

Mercyone Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · 6.1 miFaster than 10% of US ERs3h 43min the ER Sartori Memorial Hospital, IncCedar Falls, IA · 10 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 36min the ER Waverly Health CenterWaverly, IA · 17 miFaster than 44% of US ERs2h 37min the ER Mercyone Oelwein Medical CenterOelwein, IA · 20 miFaster than 71% of US ERs2h 03min the ER Buchanan County Health CenterIndependence, IA · 20 miFaster than 95% of US ERs1h 30min the ER Community Memorial Hospital Medical CenterSumner, IA · 22 miFaster than 63% of US ERs2h 12min the ER Grundy County Memorial HospitalGrundy Center, IA · 29 miFaster than 97% of US ERs1h 21min the ER Virginia Gay HospitalVinton, IA · 30 miFaster than 98% of US ERs1h 19min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Allen Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 43 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 40% 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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