Is the Howard County Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 93% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

1h 33mmedian time
in this ER

Howard County Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · St Paul, NE

Faster than 93% of US ERs · #262 of 4,081

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55m faster than the US median

This ERNE 1h 54mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen0%

ER visits a year1,693

P O Box 406, 1113 Sherman St, St Paul, NE 68873

(308) 754-4421

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Howard County Medical Center in St Paul, Nebraska spend a median of 1 hour 33 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 55 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Nebraska median of 1 hour 54 minutes. 0% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near St Paul

CHI Health St. FrancisGrand Island, NE · 19 miFaster than 74% of US ERs2h 00min the ER Grand Island Regional Medical CenterGrand Island, NE · 20 miFaster than 88% of US ERs1h 43min the ER Merrick Medical CenterCentral City, NE · 23 miFaster than 67% of US ERs2h 07min the ER Valley County Health SystemOrd, NE · 36 miFaster than 93% of US ERs1h 34min the ER Memorial HospitalAurora, NE · 37 miFaster than 70% of US ERs2h 04min the ER Genoa Community HospitalGenoa, NE · 39 miFaster than 98% of US ERs1h 20min the ER Boone County Health CenterAlbion, NE · 39 miFaster than 81% of US ERs1h 51min the ER Mary Lanning HealthcareHastings, NE · 45 miFaster than 77% of US ERs1h 56min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Howard County Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 1 hour 33 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 93% 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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