Is the Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge ER faster than average?

It is faster than 20% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 17mmedian time
in this ER

Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge ER wait time

Emergency room · Baton Rouge, LA

Faster than 20% of US ERs · #3,246 of 4,081

Directions Call LA ranking

49m slower than the US median

This ERLA 2h 06mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year60,196

17000 Medical Center Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

(225) 752-2470

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana spend a median of 3 hours 17 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 49 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Louisiana median of 2 hours 6 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 17 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 20% 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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