Is the Antelope Valley Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 3% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 24mmedian time
in this ER

Antelope Valley Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Lancaster, CA

Faster than 3% of US ERs · #3,945 of 4,081

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1h 56m slower than the US median

This ERCA 2h 54mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year122,644

1600 W Ave J, Lancaster, CA 93534

(661) 949-5500

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, California spend a median of 4 hours 24 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 56 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the California median of 2 hours 54 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Antelope Valley Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 24 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 3% 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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