Is the St. Patrick Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 40% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 43mmedian time
in this ER

St. Patrick Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Missoula, MT

Faster than 40% of US ERs · #2,451 of 4,081

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15m slower than the US median

This ERMT 1h 56mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year36,229

500 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802

(406) 543-7271

Patients sent home from the emergency room at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana spend a median of 2 hours 43 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 15 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Montana median of 1 hour 56 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the St. Patrick Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 43 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 40% 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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