Is the Palos Community Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 5% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

4h 12mmedian time
in this ER

Palos Community Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Palos Heights, IL

Faster than 5% of US ERs · #3,888 of 4,081

Directions Call IL ranking

1h 44m slower than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year66,488

12251 South 80Th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463

(708) 923-4000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Illinois spend a median of 4 hours 12 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 44 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Palos Community Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 4 hours 12 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 5% 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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