Is the Ochsner Rush Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 36% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 49mmedian time
in this ER

Ochsner Rush Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Meridian, MS

Faster than 36% of US ERs · #2,610 of 4,081

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21m slower than the US median

This ERMS 2h 05mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year30,403

1314 19Th Ave, Meridian, MS 39301

(601) 483-0011

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Ochsner Rush Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi spend a median of 2 hours 49 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 21 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Mississippi median of 2 hours 5 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

ERs near Meridian

Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian, MS · 0.4 miFaster than 27% of US ERs3h 05min the ER Ochsner Watkins HospitalQuitman, MS · 15 miFaster than 95% of US ERs1h 30min the ER Ochsner Choctaw GeneralButler, AL · 23 miFaster than 75% of US ERs1h 59min the ER Hill Hospital of Sumter CountyYork, AL · 26 miFaster than 55% of US ERs2h 21min the ER Ochsner Stennis Memorial HospitalDe Kalb, MS · 33 miFaster than 95% of US ERs1h 30min the ER Ochsner Laird HospitalUnion, MS · 38 miFaster than 88% of US ERs1h 42min the ER Wayne General HospitalWaynesboro, MS · 41 miFaster than 63% of US ERs2h 12min the ER Whitfield Regional HospitalDemopolis, AL · 42 miFaster than 75% of US ERs1h 59min the ER

Questions

How long is the wait at the Ochsner Rush Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 49 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 36% 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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