Is the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana ER faster than average?

It is faster than 13% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 35mmedian time
in this ER

Lutheran Hospital of Indiana ER wait time

Emergency room · Fort Wayne, IN

Faster than 13% of US ERs · #3,556 of 4,081

Directions Call IN ranking

1h 07m slower than the US median

This ERIN 2h 20mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year35,773

7950 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804

(260) 435-7001

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Indiana spend a median of 3 hours 35 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 7 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Indiana median of 2 hours 20 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 35 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 13% 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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