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Hospitals with the lowest time in emergency department

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4,081 hospitals ranked by time in emergency department; 1,338 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
T701Avera Heart Hospital Of South DakotaSioux Falls, SD · Acute care110 min5410.9%10.6%13.8%0.931.0253Compare
T701Woodland Memorial HospitalWoodland, CA · Acute care110 min54—14.0%14.8%1.030.89122Compare
T701Mercy Health - Urbana HospitalUrbana, OH · Critical access110 min4——10.5%14.7%——25Compare
T701Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park, KS · Acute care110 min4410.6%10.4%14.6%0.921.06202Compare
T701Baptist Health Medical Center Heber SpringsHeber Springs, AR · Critical access110 min3——14.0%15.2%——25Compare
T701Chadron HospitalChadron, NE · Critical access110 min3———14.7%——25Compare
T701Clay County Medical CorporationWest Point, MS · Acute care110 min34—11.9%14.7%0.950.9060Compare
T701Grant Memorial HospitalPetersburg, WV · Critical access110 min35—12.0%15.4%——45Compare
T701Newberry County Memorial HospitalNewberry, SC · Acute care110 min34—13.1%14.7%0.871.0190Compare
T701Thedacare Medical Center - Berlin IncBerlin, WI · Critical access110 min34—12.8%14.7%——25Compare
T701Avera Holy Family HospitalEstherville, IA · Critical access110 min2——14.3%15.3%——25Compare
T701HCA Florida Largo HospitalLargo, FL · Acute care110 min2212.6%9.0%15.6%1.101.07452Compare
T701Arbor Health Morton HospitalMorton, WA · Critical access110 min————15.1%——31Compare
T701Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital FortworthFort Worth, TX · Acute care110 min—4——14.8%0.960.9334Compare
T701Brown County HospitalAinsworth, NE · Critical access110 min————14.6%——23Compare
T701Brushy Creek Family Hospital LLCRound Rock, TX · Acute care110 min———————7Compare
T701Candler County HospitalMetter, GA · Critical access110 min————15.8%——25Compare
T701Cheyenne County HospitalSt Francis, KS · Critical access110 min————14.9%——16Compare
T701Elmore Community HospitalWetumpka, AL · Acute care110 min————15.2%—0.8438Compare
T701Evanston Regional HospitalEvanston, WY · Critical access110 min———————25Compare
T701Fisher County Hospital DistrictRotan, TX · Critical access110 min———————14Compare
T701Grand River Hospital DistrictRifle, CO · Critical access110 min————14.4%——25Compare
T701Harmon Memorial HospitalHollis, OK · Critical access110 min————15.2%——22Compare
T701Lisbon Area Health ServicesLisbon, ND · Critical access110 min———————25Compare
T701Mayo Clinic Health System - Lake CityLake City, MN · Critical access110 min—4——15.0%——18Compare
T701Mid Coast Medical Center - CentralLlano, TX · Critical access110 min———————25Compare
T701NH Twentynine PalmsTwentynine Palms, CA · Military110 min———————20Compare
T701Nemaha County HospitalAuburn, NE · Critical access110 min————14.7%——20Compare
T701Pampa Regional Medical CenterPampa, TX · Critical access110 min———————25Compare
T701Sanford Hospital Webster - CAHWebster, SD · Critical access110 min————14.7%——25Compare
T701Santiam Hospital & ClinicsStayton, OR · Acute care110 min—4——14.7%0.970.9140Compare
T701St Francis Medical CenterBreckenridge, MN · Critical access110 min————14.9%——25Compare
T701Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital SouthlakeSouthlake, TX · Acute care110 min—4——15.0%0.950.9017Compare
T701The Physicians CentreBryan, TX · Acute care110 min—5——15.1%0.930.9216Compare
T701Wamego Health CenterWamego, KS · Critical access110 min————14.9%——25Compare
T701West Holt Memorial HospitalAtkinson, NE · Critical access110 min————15.0%——15Compare
T701Wiregrass Medical CenterGeneva, AL · Acute care110 min————14.9%0.980.96—Compare
T738Boone County Health CenterAlbion, NE · Critical access111 min45—11.5%15.5%——22Compare
T738Cobleskill Regional HospitalCobleskill, NY · Critical access111 min45—9.5%14.6%——40Compare
T738Eastern Oklahoma Medical CenterPoteau, OK · Critical access111 min4———15.7%——25Compare
T738Fillmore County HospitalGeneva, NE · Critical access111 min4———15.2%——20Compare
T738Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga, TN · Acute care111 min4312.9%10.2%15.0%0.960.98621Compare
T738Methodist Hospital AtascosaJourdanton, TX · Acute care111 min33—11.8%14.5%0.970.9667Compare
T738Ogden Regional Medical CenterOgden, UT · Acute care111 min3311.4%17.2%14.6%0.791.03227Compare
T738Good Samaritan Medical CenterWest Palm Beach, FL · Acute care111 min2211.3%10.3%15.8%0.971.00333Compare
T738Scott County HospitalScott City, KS · Critical access111 min2——11.4%15.5%——25Compare
T738Wagoner Community HospitalWagoner, OK · Acute care111 min2——11.0%15.0%0.970.89100Compare
T738Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital And ClinicMiller, SD · Critical access111 min————14.9%——11Compare
T738Bon Secours Richmond Community HospitalRichmond, VA · Acute care111 min————14.9%—0.91104Compare
T738East Morgan County HospitalBrush, CO · Critical access111 min————14.8%——25Compare

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).