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ER wait times · LA

Louisiana ER wait times

62 Louisiana hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 2 hr 6 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
Rapides Regional Medical Center ER wait timeAlexandriaLive from HCA7 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM6 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs
Avoyelles Hospital ER wait timeMarksville1 hr 19 minCMS median
Bayou Bend Health System ER wait timeFranklin1 hr 19 minCMS median
Bunkie General Hospital ER wait timeBunkie1 hr 21 minCMS median
Hood Memorial Hospital ER wait timeAmite1 hr 21 minCMS median
Ochsner St. Mary ER wait timeMorgan City1 hr 21 minCMS median
East Carroll Parish Hospital ER wait timeLake Providence1 hr 25 minCMS median
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital ER wait timeKaplan1 hr 27 minCMS median
West Feliciana Parish Hospital ER wait timeSaint Francisville1 hr 34 minCMS median
Union General Hospital ER wait timeFarmerville1 hr 38 minCMS median
Bienville Medical Center ER wait timeArcadia1 hr 39 minCMS median
Dequincy Memorial Hospital ER wait timeDequincy1 hr 39 minCMS median
Springhill Medical Center ER wait timeSpringhill1 hr 39 minCMS median
Winn Parish Medical Center ER wait timeWinnfield1 hr 40 minCMS median
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital ER wait timeBreaux Bridge1 hr 42 minCMS median
Ochsner American Legion Hospital ER wait timeJennings1 hr 44 minCMS median
Allen Parish Hospital ER wait timeKinder1 hr 46 minCMS median
Lallie Kemp Medical Center ER wait timeIndependence1 hr 46 minCMS median
Desoto Regional Health System ER wait timeMansfield1 hr 47 minCMS median
Acadia General Hospital ER wait timeCrowley1 hr 48 minCMS median
Savoy Medical Center ER wait timeMamou1 hr 48 minCMS median
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center ER wait timeHomer1 hr 51 minCMS median
Oakdale Community Hospital ER wait timeOakdale1 hr 52 minCMS median
Acadian Medical Center ER wait timeEunice1 hr 53 minCMS median
Minden Medical Center ER wait timeMinden1 hr 57 minCMS median
St. Charles Parish Hospital ER wait timeLuling1 hr 57 minCMS median
North Caddo Medical Center ER wait timeVivian1 hr 58 minCMS median
Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital ER wait timeRaceland1 hr 59 minCMS median
Byrd Regional Hospital ER wait timeLeesville2 hr 3 minCMS median
Iberia Medical Center ER wait timeNew Iberia2 hr 3 minCMS median
Pointe Coupee General Hospital ER wait timeNew Roads2 hr 4 minCMS median
Opelousas General Health System ER wait timeOpelousas2 hr 8 minCMS median
Sabine Medical Center ER wait timeMany2 hr 8 minCMS median
Northern Louisiana Medical Center ER wait timeRuston2 hr 10 minCMS median
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics ER wait timeLafayette2 hr 12 minCMS median
Jackson Parish Hospital ER wait timeJonesboro2 hr 13 minCMS median
Our Lady of the Angels Hospital ER wait timeBogalusa2 hr 13 minCMS median
Mercy Regional Medical Center ER wait timeVille Platte2 hr 18 minCMS median
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital ER wait timeLake Charles2 hr 25 minCMS median
West Carroll Memorial Hospital ER wait timeOak Grove2 hr 25 minCMS median
Womans Hospital ER wait timeBaton Rouge2 hr 27 minCMS median
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc ER wait timeLafayette2 hr 28 minCMS median
Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish ER wait timeHouma2 hr 28 minCMS median
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner ER wait timeKenner2 hr 29 minCMS median
Glenwood Regional Medical Center ER wait timeWest Monroe2 hr 32 minCMS median
Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe ER wait timeMonroe2 hr 35 minCMS median
Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi ER wait timeDelhi2 hr 36 minCMS median
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System ER wait timeShreveport2 hr 37 minCMS median
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center ER wait timeNatchitoches2 hr 40 minCMS median
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center ER wait timeBaton Rouge2 hr 44 minCMS median
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center ER wait timeThibodaux2 hr 50 minCMS median
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center ER wait timeLafayette2 hr 51 minCMS median
St. Tammany Parish Hospital ER wait timeCovington2 hr 51 minCMS median
The General ER wait timeBaton Rouge2 hr 54 minCMS median
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge ER wait timeBaton Rouge2 hr 59 minCMS median
Willis Knighton Medical Center ER wait timeShreveport3 hrCMS median
St. Bernard Parish Hospital ER wait timeChalmette3 hr 1 minCMS median
Beauregard Memorial Hospital ER wait timeDeridder3 hr 4 minCMS median
Slidell Memorial Hospital ER wait timeSlidell3 hr 23 minCMS median
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital ER wait timeAlexandria3 hr 31 minCMS median
St. Francis Medical Center ER wait timeMonroe3 hr 46 minCMS median
Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport ER wait timeShreveport4 hr 7 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.