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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
T47Covington County Hospital CAHCollins, MS · Critical access74 min————14.8%——35Compare
T47Dardanelle Regional Medical CenterDardanelle, AR · Critical access74 min————14.9%——35Compare
T47Paulding County HospitalPaulding, OH · Critical access74 min————15.2%——25Compare
T47Southern Monterey County Memorial HospitalKing City, CA · Critical access74 min————15.1%——25Compare
T55HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston, TX · Acute care75 min4211.9%9.1%14.9%1.051.02508Compare
T55AllianceHealth MadillMadill, OK · Critical access75 min———————25Compare
T55Ascension Wisconsin Hospital Menomonee Falls CampusMenomonee Falls, WI · Acute care75 min————15.4%——24Compare
T55Warm Springs Medical CenterWarm Springs, GA · Critical access75 min———————25Compare
T59Trinity Health Grand Haven HospitalGrand Haven, MI · Acute care76 min44—12.3%14.9%0.990.8481Compare
T59Greater El Monte Community HospitalSouth El Monte, CA · Acute care76 min23—12.7%15.3%0.951.43104Compare
T59SMP Health St AloisiusHarvey, ND · Critical access76 min1——12.9%15.8%——25Compare
T59Billings Clinic BroadwaterTownsend, MT · Critical access76 min———————25Compare
T59Sedan City HospitalSedan, KS · Critical access76 min————14.7%——25Compare
T59Southwest Regional Medical Center LLCHope, AR · Acute care76 min————14.7%—1.17—Compare
T65Avoyelles HospitalMarksville, LA · Acute care77 min1——14.4%15.1%0.971.2237Compare
T65Baptist Medical Center AttalaKosciusko, MS · Critical access77 min————15.3%——25Compare
T65Big Sandy Medical CenterBig Sandy, MT · Critical access77 min———————25Compare
T65Jackson County Regional Health CenterMaquoketa, IA · Critical access77 min————15.1%——25Compare
T65Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare SpartaSparta, WI · Critical access77 min————14.9%——25Compare
T65Northern Rockies Medical CenterCut Bank, MT · Critical access77 min———————20Compare
T71Carnegie Tri-County Municipal HospitalCarnegie, OK · Critical access78 min————15.6%——21Compare
T71Chippewa Valley HospitalDurand, WI · Critical access78 min———————25Compare
T71Cleveland Area HospitalCleveland, OK · Critical access78 min———————14Compare
T71Page HospitalPage, AZ · Critical access78 min———————25Compare
T71Phillips County Hospital - CAHMalta, MT · Critical access78 min————15.3%——17Compare
T71Riverview HospitalCrookston, MN · Critical access78 min—4——14.7%——49Compare
T71Webster Memorial HospitalWebster Springs, WV · Critical access78 min———————15Compare
T71Wilbarger General HospitalVernon, TX · Acute care78 min————14.8%0.971.0328Compare
T79Virginia Gay HospitalVinton, IA · Critical access79 min4——11.1%14.8%——83Compare
T79Kahuku Medical CenterKahuku, HI · Critical access79 min———————11Compare
T79Kau HospitalPahala, HI · Critical access79 min———————21Compare
T79Kauai Veterans Memorial HospitalWaimea, HI · Critical access79 min—4——14.6%——25Compare
T79Mercy Hospital Kingfisher, IncKingfisher, OK · Critical access79 min————14.3%——25Compare
T79Pembina County Memorial HospitalCavalier, ND · Critical access79 min————15.0%——20Compare
T85Tippah County HospitalRipley, MS · Critical access80 min4——12.7%14.8%——45Compare
T85Barnes-Kasson County HospitalSusquehanna, PA · Critical access80 min————15.6%——25Compare
T85Bennett County Hospital And Nursing Home - CAHMartin, SD · Critical access80 min———————14Compare
T85Burleson St Joseph Health CenterCaldwell, TX · Critical access80 min———————25Compare
T85Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate Of Self REdgefield, SC · Critical access80 min———————25Compare
T85Genoa Community HospitalGenoa, NE · Critical access80 min———————19Compare
T85Medicine Lodge Memorial HospitalMedicine Lodge, KS · Critical access80 min————15.1%——25Compare
T85Minnie Hamilton Health SystemGrantsville, WV · Critical access80 min———————43Compare
T85Mobridge Regional Hospital - CAHMobridge, SD · Critical access80 min————14.9%——25Compare
T85Palacios Community Medical CenterPalacios, TX · Critical access80 min———————17Compare
T85Sanford Chamberlain Medical CenterChamberlain, SD · Critical access80 min————15.6%——25Compare
T85South Big Horn County HospitalBasin, WY · Critical access80 min————15.0%——10Compare
T97Franklin County Memorial HospitalFranklin, NE · Critical access81 min———————14Compare
T97Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsCallicoon, NY · Critical access81 min———————15Compare
T97Grundy County Memorial HospitalGrundy Center, IA · Critical access81 min————15.0%——25Compare
T97Lanai Community HospitalLanai City, HI · Critical access81 min———————4Compare

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).