Is the Merit Health Madison ER faster than average?

It is faster than 59% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 16mmedian time
in this ER

Merit Health Madison ER wait time

Emergency room · Canton, MS

Faster than 59% of US ERs · #1,635 of 4,081

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12m faster than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year19,832

161 River Oaks Drive, Canton, MS 39046

(601) 855-4000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Merit Health Madison in Canton, Mississippi spend a median of 2 hours 16 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 12 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Mississippi median of 2 hours 5 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Canton

Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS · 21 miFaster than 61% of US ERs2h 14min the ER St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · 22 miFaster than 5% of US ERs4h 10min the ER University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson, MS · 23 miFaster than 25% of US ERs3h 09min the ER Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · 24 miFaster than 14% of US ERs3h 31min the ER Merit Health CentralJackson, MS · 28 miFaster than 94% of US ERs1h 31min the ER Ochsner Scott RegionalMorton, MS · 29 miFaster than 97% of US ERs1h 22min the ER Baptist Medical Center-LeakeCarthage, MS · 30 miFaster than 93% of US ERs1h 34min the ER Crossgates River Oaks HospitalBrandon, MS · 30 miFaster than 92% of US ERs1h 35min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Merit Health Madison ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 16 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 59% 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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