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Hospitals in Colorado with the lowest time in emergency department

77 Colorado 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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77 hospitals ranked in Colorado by time in emergency department; 19 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
51Keefe Memorial HospitalCheyenne Wells, CO · Critical access144 min———————25Compare
52Montrose Regional HealthMontrose, CO · Acute care146 min4411.4%10.6%14.7%0.940.9675Compare
53St Anthony Summit Medical CenterFrisco, CO · Acute care151 min—4——15.0%0.960.8535Compare
54Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs, CO · Acute care152 min4410.6%16.3%14.2%0.931.0078Compare
55Longmont United HospitalLongmont, CO · Acute care153 min3311.6%9.7%14.3%0.921.00186Compare
56Southeast Colorado Hospital DistrictSpringfield, CO · Critical access154 min————15.4%——23Compare
57Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster, CO · Acute care160 min5310.5%12.1%15.0%0.830.98236Compare
T58UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch, CO · Acute care164 min5412.0%9.2%14.2%0.760.9787Compare
T58St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo, CO · Acute care164 min44—9.6%14.8%0.940.91408Compare
T60AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · Acute care165 min5312.1%10.4%14.4%0.940.9290Compare
T60AdventHealth ParkerParker, CO · Acute care165 min5410.3%8.2%13.7%1.030.91179Compare
T60Saint Joseph HospitalDenver, CO · Acute care165 min5410.9%10.2%14.3%1.040.96400Compare
T63Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango, CO · Acute care166 min5410.4%11.4%13.7%0.790.9082Compare
T63AdventHealth AvistaLouisville, CO · Acute care166 min44—13.2%13.8%0.970.96114Compare
T63AdventHealth LittletonLittleton, CO · Acute care166 min4310.7%9.5%15.1%1.091.00231Compare
T63Intermountain Health Platte Valley HospitalBrighton, CO · Acute care166 min34—13.0%15.0%0.911.0898Compare
67San Luis Valley Regional Medical CenterAlamosa, CO · Acute care168 min33——15.5%0.961.1159Compare
68Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo, CO · Acute care171 min3210.1%10.1%13.8%0.861.00350Compare
69Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette, CO · Acute care176 min4410.3%8.8%14.5%0.951.00234Compare
70Rangely District HospitalRangely, CO · Critical access182 min———————25Compare
71Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs, CO · Acute care193 min339.7%9.3%13.8%1.271.00300Compare
72Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge, CO · Acute care194 min4410.1%12.6%13.4%0.990.99338Compare
73AdventHealth PorterDenver, CO · Acute care199 min4311.2%9.0%14.4%0.920.93368Compare
74Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction, CO · Acute care202 min4311.2%13.1%13.9%0.991.04346Compare
T75Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver, CO · Acute care208 min33—11.2%14.5%1.160.89555Compare
T75Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service DistrictMeeker, CO · Critical access208 min————14.7%——16Compare
77Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood, CO · Acute care212 min4310.5%13.2%15.0%1.031.04237Compare

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).