Is the Loretto Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 9% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 48mmedian time
in this ER

Loretto Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Chicago, IL

Faster than 9% of US ERs · #3,706 of 4,081

Directions Call IL ranking

1h 20m slower than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen6%

ER visits a year11,868

645 South Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60644

(773) 626-4300

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Loretto Hospital in Chicago, Illinois spend a median of 3 hours 48 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 20 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 6% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Loretto Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 48 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 9% 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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