Is the Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 38% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 46mmedian time
in this ER

Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Brighton, CO

Faster than 38% of US ERs · #2,524 of 4,081

Directions Call CO ranking

18m slower than the US median

This ERCO 2h 14mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year32,291

1600 Prairie Center Pkwy, Brighton, CO 80601

(303) 498-1600

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital in Brighton, Colorado spend a median of 2 hours 46 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 18 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Colorado median of 2 hours 14 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 46 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 38% 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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