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ER wait times · IA

Iowa ER wait times

111 Iowa hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 1 hr 58 min. Hospitals are ranked below from shortest to longest typical wait.

Fresh live waits are included when available, including hospital-posted locations that do not have a matching CMS median row yet.

HospitalLive waitTypical wait
Compass Memorial Healthcare ER wait timeMarengo 5230158 minCMS median
Myrtue Medical Center ER wait timeHarlan 5153759 minCMS median
Virginia Gay Hospital ER wait timeVinton 523491 hr 14 minCMS median
Jackson County Regional Health Center ER wait timeMaquoketa 520601 hr 20 minCMS median
Grundy County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeGrundy Center 506381 hr 21 minCMS median
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond ER wait timeBelmond 504211 hr 25 minCMS median
Mitchell County Regional Health ER wait timeOsage 504611 hr 26 minCMS median
Cass County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeAtlantic 500221 hr 27 minCMS median
Washington County Hospital and Clinics ER wait timeWashington 523531 hr 27 minCMS median
Audubon County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeAudubon 500251 hr 28 minCMS median
Buchanan County Health Center ER wait timeIndependence 506441 hr 28 minCMS median
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics ER wait timeWest Union 521751 hr 28 minCMS median
Regional Health Services of Howard County ER wait timeCresco 521361 hr 28 minCMS median
Henry County Health Center ER wait timeMount Pleasant 526411 hr 33 minCMS median
Veterans Memorial Hospital ER wait timeWaukon 521721 hr 33 minCMS median
Kossuth Regional Health Center ER wait timeAlgona 505111 hr 34 minCMS median
Humboldt County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeHumboldt 505481 hr 36 minCMS median
Greater Regional Medical Center ER wait timeCreston 508011 hr 38 minCMS median
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital ER wait timeGuttenberg 520521 hr 38 minCMS median
Hegg Memorial Health Center ER wait timeRock Valley 512471 hr 39 minCMS median
Sartori Memorial Hospital, Inc ER wait timeCedar Falls 506131 hr 39 minCMS median
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion ER wait timeClarion 505251 hr 40 minCMS median
Davis County Hospital ER wait timeBloomfield 525371 hr 41 minCMS median
CHI Health Missouri Valley ER wait timeMissouri Valley 515551 hr 42 minCMS median
Decatur County Hospital ER wait timeLeon 501441 hr 42 minCMS median
Hansen Family Hospital ER wait timeIowa Falls 501261 hr 42 minCMS median
Mercyone Elkader Medical Center ER wait timeElkader 520431 hr 42 minCMS median
Genesis Medical Center-Dewitt ER wait timeDewitt 527421 hr 43 minCMS median
Horn Memorial Hospital ER wait timeIda Grove 514451 hr 43 minCMS median
Mercyone Dyersville Medical Center ER wait timeDyersville 520401 hr 43 minCMS median
Story County Hospital ER wait timeNevada 502011 hr 43 minCMS median
Clarke County Hospital ER wait timeOsceola 502131 hr 44 minCMS median
Grinnell Regional Medical Center ER wait timeGrinnell 501121 hr 44 minCMS median
Manning Regional Healthcare Center ER wait timeManning 514551 hr 44 minCMS median
Van Diest Medical Center ER wait timeWebster City 505951 hr 44 minCMS median
Loring Hospital ER wait timeSac City 505831 hr 45 minCMS median
Palo Alto County Hospital ER wait timeEmmetsburg 505361 hr 45 minCMS median
Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital ER wait timeRock Rapids 512461 hr 46 minCMS median
Lucas County Health Center ER wait timeChariton 500491 hr 48 minCMS median
George C Grape Community Hospital ER wait timeHamburg 516401 hr 49 minCMS median
Greene County Medical Center ER wait timeJefferson 501291 hr 49 minCMS median
Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton ER wait timeNew Hampton 506591 hr 49 minCMS median
Dallas County Hospital ER wait timePerry 502201 hr 50 minCMS median
Avera Holy Family Hospital ER wait timeEstherville 513341 hr 52 minCMS median
Crawford County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeDenison 514421 hr 52 minCMS median
Hancock County Health System ER wait timeBritt 504231 hr 52 minCMS median
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeRed Oak 515661 hr 52 minCMS median
Jones Regional Medical Center ER wait timeAnamosa 522051 hr 53 minCMS median
Madison County Health Care System ER wait timeWinterset 502731 hr 53 minCMS median
Finley Hospital ER wait timeDubuque 520011 hr 54 minCMS median
Shenandoah Medical Center ER wait timeShenandoah 516011 hr 54 minCMS median
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center ER wait timeSheldon 512011 hr 55 minCMS median
Jefferson County Health Center ER wait timeFairfield 525561 hr 57 minCMS median
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center ER wait timeSumner 506741 hr 58 minCMS median
Guthrie County Hospital ER wait timeGuthrie Center 501151 hr 58 minCMS median
Osceola Community Hospital ER wait timeSibley 512491 hr 58 minCMS median
Spencer Municipal Hospital ER wait timeSpencer 513011 hr 58 minCMS median
Boone County Hospital ER wait timeBoone 500362 hrCMS median
Orange City Area Health System ER wait timeOrange City 510412 hrCMS median
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center ER wait timeClinton 527322 hr 1 minCMS median
Pocahontas Community Hospital ER wait timePocahontas 505742 hr 1 minCMS median
Sioux Center Health ER wait timeSioux Center 512502 hr 2 minCMS median
Winnmed ER wait timeDecorah 521012 hr 4 minCMS median
Lakes Regional Healthcare ER wait timeSpirit Lake 513602 hr 5 minCMS median
Monroe County Hospital ER wait timeAlbia 525312 hr 6 minCMS median
Franklin General Hospital ER wait timeHampton 504412 hr 9 minCMS median
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center ER wait timeCenterville 525442 hr 9 minCMS median
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital ER wait timeLake City 514492 hr 9 minCMS median
CHI Health - Mercy Corning ER wait timeCorning 508412 hr 11 minCMS median
Cherokee Regional Medical Center ER wait timeCherokee 510122 hr 12 minCMS median
St. Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing Home ER wait timeCarroll 514012 hr 12 minCMS median
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center ER wait timeWest Burlington 526552 hr 15 minCMS median
Trinity Muscatine ER wait timeMuscatine 527612 hr 15 minCMS median
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids ER wait timeCedar Rapids 524032 hr 16 minCMS median
Ringgold County Hospital ER wait timeMount Ayr 508542 hr 20 minCMS median
Mahaska Health Partnership ER wait timeOskaloosa 525772 hr 21 minCMS median
Adair County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeGreenfield 508492 hr 22 minCMS median
Van Buren County Hospital ER wait timeKeosauqua 525652 hr 22 minCMS median
Mercyone Oelwein Medical Center ER wait timeOelwein 506622 hr 24 minCMS median
Burgess Health Center ER wait timeOnawa 510402 hr 25 minCMS median
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics ER wait timeKnoxville 501382 hr 25 minCMS median
Mary Greeley Medical Center ER wait timeAmes 500102 hr 25 minCMS median
Regional Medical Center ER wait timeManchester 520572 hr 27 minCMS median
Methodist Jennie Edmundson ER wait timeCouncil Bluffs 515032 hr 29 minCMS median
Wayne County Hospital ER wait timeCorydon 500602 hr 29 minCMS median
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center ER wait timeStorm Lake 505882 hr 31 minCMS median
Clarinda Regional Health Center ER wait timeClarinda 516322 hr 32 minCMS median
Floyd County Medical Center ER wait timeCharles City 506162 hr 33 minCMS median
Pella Regional Health Center ER wait timePella 502192 hr 34 minCMS median
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown ER wait timeMarshalltown 501582 hr 34 minCMS median
Waverly Health Center ER wait timeWaverly 506772 hr 35 minCMS median
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down ER wait timeIowa City 522452 hr 37 minCMS median
Hawarden Regional Healthcare ER wait timeHawarden 510232 hr 38 minCMS median
Mercyone Newton Medical Center ER wait timeNewton 502082 hr 38 minCMS median
Allen Hospital ER wait timeWaterloo 507032 hr 39 minCMS median
Floyd Valley Healthcare ER wait timeLe Mars 510312 hr 48 minCMS median
St. Lukes Hospital ER wait timeCedar Rapids 524022 hr 48 minCMS median
Trinity Regional Medical Center ER wait timeFort Dodge 505012 hr 48 minCMS median
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs ER wait timeCouncil Bluffs 515032 hr 49 minCMS median
Ottumwa Regional Health Center ER wait timeOttumwa 525011 min liveHospital-posted · 4:33 AM2 hr 49 minCMS median
Genesis Medical Center-Davenport ER wait timeDavenport 528032 hr 51 minCMS median
St. Lukes Regional Medical Center ER wait timeSioux City 511043 hrCMS median
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center ER wait timeMason City 504013 hr 8 minCMS median
Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi ER wait timeDes Moines 503093 hr 8 minCMS median
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center ER wait timeSioux City 511013 hr 18 minCMS median
Broadlawns Medical Center ER wait timeDes Moines 503143 hr 28 minCMS median
Trinity - Bettendorf ER wait timeBettendorf 527223 hr 30 minCMS median
University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics ER wait timeIowa City 522423 hr 30 minCMS median
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center ER wait timeDubuque 520013 hr 32 minCMS median
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center ER wait timeWaterloo 507023 hr 46 minCMS median
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center ER wait timeDes Moines 503144 hr 10 minCMS median

Iowa hospital system ER waits

About this data

Typical ER waits use cleartau's observed live-wait median when a hospital has enough recent history; otherwise they fall back to the CMS Timely and Effective Care dataset (measure OP_18b) — the median time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home, over a federal reporting period. The typical wait is not a live wait; call the hospital for current status. When a separate live wait appears in the table, it is a recent value posted by the hospital system itself and may change quickly. If you are having a medical emergency, call 911 and do not choose an ER on wait time alone. For the cost side of an ER trip, see our ER visit cost guide.

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