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Hospitals with the lowest left ED without being seen

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3,821 hospitals ranked by left ed without being seen; 1,598 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalLeft ED without being seenlower 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 betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average2.0%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T3800Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care10.0%5410.1%5.7%15.0%0.74350 min0.94894Compare
T3800MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · Acute care10.0%4311.5%8.5%13.9%0.98223 min0.89423Compare
T3800Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · Acute care10.0%3411.6%12.6%14.6%0.88223 min1.00460Compare
T3800MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care10.0%33—8.3%14.7%1.13365 min1.00535Compare
T3800University Of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS · Acute care10.0%2313.2%9.2%16.0%1.32189 min1.01710Compare
T3800Ridgecrest Regional HospitalRidgecrest, CA · Critical access10.0%——————195 min—72Compare
T3800Thorek Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care10.0%————16.4%1.13174 min1.01218Compare
T3808Banner-University Medical Center South CampusTucson, AZ · Acute care11.0%4211.1%8.7%14.5%1.03260 min0.94245Compare
T3808Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care11.0%4312.1%8.6%15.8%0.99243 min1.02891Compare
T3808Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care11.0%3210.7%7.9%15.4%1.07268 min1.05783Compare
T3808Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · Acute care11.0%2414.2%12.9%15.4%1.31291 min1.01296Compare
T3808Kern Medical CenterBakersfield, CA · Acute care11.0%12—11.5%15.3%1.01306 min0.98222Compare
T3813The University Of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, IL · Acute care12.0%4311.8%8.1%16.0%0.85295 min0.99782Compare
T3813George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC · Acute care12.0%2210.5%7.7%15.3%1.34345 min0.98371Compare
T3815Providence Medford Medical CenterMedford, OR · Acute care13.0%2313.8%14.8%14.9%0.81208 min0.91168Compare
T3815Oroville HospitalOroville, CA · Acute care13.0%1112.6%8.6%19.3%0.94243 min0.88133Compare
T3817South Sunflower County HospitalIndianola, MS · Acute care14.0%2———15.0%——0.9569Compare
T3817St Bernard HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care14.0%1———15.8%0.95231 min1.03210Compare
3819Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsCallicoon, NY · Critical access15.0%——————81 min—15Compare
3820Methodist Hospitals Of MemphisMemphis, TN · Acute care16.0%3212.7%12.0%15.3%1.19228 min1.031,593Compare
3821Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport, MA · Acute care23.0%3212.1%8.8%15.5%1.04188 min0.97123Compare

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.

Left ED without being seen
Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
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).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
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).