Is the Sierra View Medical Center ER faster than average?

It is faster than 25% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 09mmedian time
in this ER

Sierra View Medical Center ER wait time

Emergency room · Porterville, CA

Faster than 25% of US ERs · #3,070 of 4,081

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41m slower than the US median

This ERCA 2h 54mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen1%

ER visits a year41,363

465 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257

(559) 784-1110

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville, California spend a median of 3 hours 9 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 41 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the California median of 2 hours 54 minutes. 1% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Sierra View Medical Center ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 9 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 25% 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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