Is the Cherokee Regional Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 61% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 14mmedian time
in this ER

Cherokee Regional Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Cherokee, IA

Faster than 61% of US ERs · #1,554 of 4,081

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14m faster than the US median

This ERIA 2h 00mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year5,019

300 Sioux Valley Drive, Cherokee, IA 51012

(712) 225-5101

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, Iowa spend a median of 2 hours 14 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 14 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Iowa median of 2 hours. 0% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Cherokee

Buena Vista Regional Medical CenterStorm Lake, IA · 21 miFaster than 47% of US ERs2h 32min the ER Horn Memorial HospitalIda Grove, IA · 29 miFaster than 90% of US ERs1h 40min the ER Floyd Valley HealthcareLe Mars, IA · 32 miFaster than 36% of US ERs2h 49min the ER Orange City Area Health SystemOrange City, IA · 32 miFaster than 76% of US ERs1h 57min the ER Sanford Sheldon Medical CenterSheldon, IA · 34 miFaster than 71% of US ERs2h 03min the ER Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA · 35 miFaster than 66% of US ERs2h 08min the ER Loring HospitalSac City, IA · 36 miFaster than 88% of US ERs1h 43min the ER Sioux Center HealthSioux Center, IA · 40 miFaster than 73% of US ERs2h 01min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 14 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 61% 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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