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Hospitals in Arkansas with the lowest time in emergency department

66 Arkansas hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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66 hospitals ranked in Arkansas by time in emergency department; 24 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalTime in emergency departmentlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average162 min3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.001.00
51Little River Memorial HospitalAshdown, AR · Critical access160 min————14.9%——25Compare
T52Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers, AR · Acute care165 min5311.7%10.9%14.0%0.741.02275Compare
T52Arkansas Methodist Medical CenterParagould, AR · Acute care165 min23—12.6%15.5%0.981.12129Compare
54CHI-St Vincent InfirmaryLittle Rock, AR · Acute care173 min3211.7%10.0%14.7%1.021.06615Compare
55CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot SpringsHot Springs, AR · Acute care176 min3311.4%12.0%15.4%0.891.11282Compare
56Conway Regional Medical Center, IncConway, AR · Acute care178 min2311.0%12.0%16.1%1.181.03150Compare
57White County Medical CenterSearcy, AR · Acute care182 min2313.3%11.5%16.9%0.851.04571Compare
58Baxter HealthMountain Home, AR · Acute care184 min2411.4%12.5%15.7%0.910.99268Compare
59Baptist Health Medical Center North Little RockNorth Little Rock, AR · Acute care186 min1212.5%12.0%15.8%0.941.05225Compare
60Arkansas Heart Hospital-EncoreBryant, AR · Acute care191 min2411.5%14.0%15.3%0.900.9925Compare
61Jefferson Regional Medical CenterPine Bluff, AR · Acute care198 min1312.5%13.2%15.3%0.911.10300Compare
62St Bernards Medical CenterJonesboro, AR · Acute care211 min1414.4%12.3%15.4%3.161.06440Compare
63Washington Regional Medical CenterFayetteville, AR · Acute care222 min4310.8%11.6%13.3%0.721.04425Compare
64Mercy Hospital Fort SmithFort Smith, AR · Acute care228 min3312.0%11.2%14.7%0.691.07360Compare
65Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLCLittle Rock, AR · Acute care238 min3411.5%10.3%15.5%1.010.94110Compare
66University Of Arkansas Medical SciencesLittle Rock, AR · Acute care285 min2311.7%13.1%14.7%0.940.98450Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).