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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
T834Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston, TN · Acute care114 min23—9.5%14.9%0.961.09110Compare
T834Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth, TX · Acute care114 min2311.6%7.9%16.9%0.931.09320Compare
T834Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly, MO · Acute care114 min23—11.1%15.2%0.950.94101Compare
T834St Francis Memorial HospitalWest Point, NE · Critical access114 min2——16.1%15.2%——25Compare
T834Delaware Valley Hospital, IncWalton, NY · Critical access114 min14——15.0%——25Compare
T834Marion Communtiy HospitalOcala, FL · Acute care114 min1211.8%11.9%17.0%2.121.03545Compare
T834Northwest Health - StarkeKnox, IN · Acute care114 min1——12.8%15.5%—1.0853Compare
T834University Of Mississippi Medical Center- GrenadaGrenada, MS · Acute care114 min14—12.0%15.2%0.961.23156Compare
T834AdventHealth WauchulaWauchula, FL · Critical access114 min———————25Compare
T834Beaver County Memorial HospitalBeaver, OK · Critical access114 min————14.8%——24Compare
T834Community Memorial Hospital - OjaiOjai, CA · Critical access114 min————15.0%——91Compare
T834Cornerstone Regional HospitalEdinburg, TX · Acute care114 min—————0.99—14Compare
T834Frances Mahon Deaconess HospitalGlasgow, MT · Critical access114 min————15.6%——25Compare
T834Haskell Memorial HospitalHaskell, TX · Critical access114 min————14.7%——25Compare
T834Kiowa County Memorial HospitalGreensburg, KS · Critical access114 min————15.3%——25Compare
T834Lake Chelan Community HospitalChelan, WA · Critical access114 min————15.0%——25Compare
T834Mercy Hospital BerryvilleBerryville, AR · Critical access114 min————15.2%——25Compare
T834MercyOne Elkader Medical CenterElkader, IA · Critical access114 min————15.5%——25Compare
T834North Valley Health CenterWarren, MN · Critical access114 min————14.4%——12Compare
T834Osmond General HospitalOsmond, NE · Critical access114 min————15.0%——20Compare
T834Ottawa County Health CenterMinneapolis, KS · Critical access114 min————14.8%——25Compare
T834Providence Seward HospitalSeward, AK · Critical access114 min———————6Compare
T834Salem Health West ValleyDallas, OR · Critical access114 min———————25Compare
T834Shenandoah Medical CenterShenandoah, IA · Critical access114 min————15.5%——25Compare
T834St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · Acute care114 min—5——15.2%0.990.8249Compare
T834Sullivan County Memorial HospitalMilan, MO · Critical access114 min————14.8%——25Compare
T834TJ Health ColumbiaColumbia, KY · Acute care114 min————15.0%—0.9477Compare
T834Wagner Community Memorial Hospital - CAHWagner, SD · Critical access114 min————15.5%——20Compare
T879Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand OaksSan Antonio, TX · Acute care115 min54——15.0%—0.8258Compare
T879Avera St Anthony's HospitalO' Neill, NE · Critical access115 min45—12.5%14.7%——25Compare
T879Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical CenterBroken Bow, NE · Critical access115 min4——12.3%14.7%——23Compare
T879Sanford Worthington Medical CenterWorthington, MN · Acute care115 min44—13.0%14.4%1.000.9555Compare
T879Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville, TN · Acute care115 min4311.4%10.5%14.3%0.801.00733Compare
T879UPMC MuncyMuncy, PA · Critical access115 min44—12.7%14.8%——20Compare
T879Blue Ridge Regional HospitalSpruce Pine, NC · Critical access115 min34—14.7%14.9%——85Compare
T879Carle Health Pekin HospitalPekin, IL · Acute care115 min3311.5%15.1%14.7%0.930.91132Compare
T879Highland District HospitalHillsboro, OH · Critical access115 min34—11.0%15.0%——35Compare
T879Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater, OH · Acute care115 min34—13.1%15.5%0.930.9388Compare
T879Northern Inyo HospitalBishop, CA · Critical access115 min34—14.0%15.0%——25Compare
T879Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical CenterLeitchfield, KY · Acute care115 min34—11.6%15.2%0.961.0575Compare
T879Carle Richland Memorial HospitalOlney, IL · Critical access115 min24—12.4%15.2%———Compare
T879Ellsworth County Medical CenterEllsworth, KS · Critical access115 min2———16.1%——18Compare
T879HCA Florida Osceola HospitalKissimmee, FL · Acute care115 min2212.7%8.8%17.1%1.261.06407Compare
T879Pullman Regional HospitalPullman, WA · Critical access115 min24—14.8%14.8%——25Compare
T87981st Medical Group (Keesler AFB)Biloxi, MS · Military115 min—5—————342Compare
T879Barnesville Hospital Association, IncBarnesville, OH · Critical access115 min————15.0%——25Compare
T879Battle Mountain General HospitalBatte Mtn, NV · Critical access115 min———————5Compare
T879Cibola General HospitalGrants, NM · Critical access115 min————15.4%——25Compare
T879Hendricks Community HospitalHendricks, MN · Critical access115 min———————24Compare
T879Indianhead Medical CenterShell Lake, WI · Critical access115 min————16.0%——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).