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ER wait times · IA

Iowa ER wait times

78 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.

HospitalTypical wait
Myrtue Medical Center ER wait timeHarlan59 minCMS median
Jackson County Regional Health Center ER wait timeMaquoketa1 hr 20 minCMS median
Grundy County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeGrundy Center1 hr 21 minCMS median
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond ER wait timeBelmond1 hr 25 minCMS median
Mitchell County Regional Health ER wait timeOsage1 hr 26 minCMS median
Cass County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeAtlantic1 hr 27 minCMS median
Washington County Hospital and Clinics ER wait timeWashington1 hr 27 minCMS median
Audubon County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeAudubon1 hr 28 minCMS median
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics ER wait timeWest Union1 hr 28 minCMS median
Regional Health Services of Howard County ER wait timeCresco1 hr 28 minCMS median
Henry County Health Center ER wait timeMount Pleasant1 hr 33 minCMS median
Kossuth Regional Health Center ER wait timeAlgona1 hr 34 minCMS median
Guttenberg Municipal Hospital ER wait timeGuttenberg1 hr 38 minCMS median
Sartori Memorial Hospital, Inc ER wait timeCedar Falls1 hr 39 minCMS median
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion ER wait timeClarion1 hr 40 minCMS median
Davis County Hospital ER wait timeBloomfield1 hr 41 minCMS median
Decatur County Hospital ER wait timeLeon1 hr 42 minCMS median
Hansen Family Hospital ER wait timeIowa Falls1 hr 42 minCMS median
Mercyone Elkader Medical Center ER wait timeElkader1 hr 42 minCMS median
Genesis Medical Center-Dewitt ER wait timeDewitt1 hr 43 minCMS median
Mercyone Dyersville Medical Center ER wait timeDyersville1 hr 43 minCMS median
Story County Hospital ER wait timeNevada1 hr 43 minCMS median
Grinnell Regional Medical Center ER wait timeGrinnell1 hr 44 minCMS median
Manning Regional Healthcare Center ER wait timeManning1 hr 44 minCMS median
Loring Hospital ER wait timeSac City1 hr 45 minCMS median
Palo Alto County Hospital ER wait timeEmmetsburg1 hr 45 minCMS median
Lucas County Health Center ER wait timeChariton1 hr 48 minCMS median
George C Grape Community Hospital ER wait timeHamburg1 hr 49 minCMS median
Greene County Medical Center ER wait timeJefferson1 hr 49 minCMS median
Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton ER wait timeNew Hampton1 hr 49 minCMS median
Dallas County Hospital ER wait timePerry1 hr 50 minCMS median
Crawford County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeDenison1 hr 52 minCMS median
Hancock County Health System ER wait timeBritt1 hr 52 minCMS median
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeRed Oak1 hr 52 minCMS median
Jones Regional Medical Center ER wait timeAnamosa1 hr 53 minCMS median
Finley Hospital ER wait timeDubuque1 hr 54 minCMS median
Shenandoah Medical Center ER wait timeShenandoah1 hr 54 minCMS median
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center ER wait timeSheldon1 hr 55 minCMS median
Jefferson County Health Center ER wait timeFairfield1 hr 57 minCMS median
Guthrie County Hospital ER wait timeGuthrie Center1 hr 58 minCMS median
Spencer Municipal Hospital ER wait timeSpencer1 hr 58 minCMS median
Orange City Area Health System ER wait timeOrange City2 hrCMS median
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center ER wait timeClinton2 hr 1 minCMS median
Pocahontas Community Hospital ER wait timePocahontas2 hr 1 minCMS median
Winnmed ER wait timeDecorah2 hr 4 minCMS median
Franklin General Hospital ER wait timeHampton2 hr 9 minCMS median
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center ER wait timeCenterville2 hr 9 minCMS median
CHI Health - Mercy Corning ER wait timeCorning2 hr 11 minCMS median
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center ER wait timeWest Burlington2 hr 15 minCMS median
Trinity Muscatine ER wait timeMuscatine2 hr 15 minCMS median
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids ER wait timeCedar Rapids2 hr 16 minCMS median
Ringgold County Hospital ER wait timeMount Ayr2 hr 20 minCMS median
Mahaska Health Partnership ER wait timeOskaloosa2 hr 21 minCMS median
Adair County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeGreenfield2 hr 22 minCMS median
Van Buren County Hospital ER wait timeKeosauqua2 hr 22 minCMS median
Burgess Health Center ER wait timeOnawa2 hr 25 minCMS median
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics ER wait timeKnoxville2 hr 25 minCMS median
Mary Greeley Medical Center ER wait timeAmes2 hr 25 minCMS median
Regional Medical Center ER wait timeManchester2 hr 27 minCMS median
Methodist Jennie Edmundson ER wait timeCouncil Bluffs2 hr 29 minCMS median
Wayne County Hospital ER wait timeCorydon2 hr 29 minCMS median
Pella Regional Health Center ER wait timePella2 hr 34 minCMS median
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown ER wait timeMarshalltown2 hr 34 minCMS median
Waverly Health Center ER wait timeWaverly2 hr 35 minCMS median
Hawarden Regional Healthcare ER wait timeHawarden2 hr 38 minCMS median
Mercyone Newton Medical Center ER wait timeNewton2 hr 38 minCMS median
Allen Hospital ER wait timeWaterloo2 hr 39 minCMS median
St. Lukes Hospital ER wait timeCedar Rapids2 hr 48 minCMS median
Ottumwa Regional Health Center ER wait timeOttumwa2 hr 49 minCMS median
Genesis Medical Center-Davenport ER wait timeDavenport2 hr 51 minCMS median
St. Lukes Regional Medical Center ER wait timeSioux City3 hrCMS median
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center ER wait timeMason City3 hr 8 minCMS median
Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi ER wait timeDes Moines3 hr 8 minCMS median
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center ER wait timeSioux City3 hr 18 minCMS median
Trinity - Bettendorf ER wait timeBettendorf3 hr 30 minCMS median
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center ER wait timeDubuque3 hr 32 minCMS median
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center ER wait timeWaterloo3 hr 46 minCMS median
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center ER wait timeDes Moines4 hr 10 minCMS median

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.