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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
T1448Lonesome Pine HospitalBig Stone Gap, VA · Acute care131 min44—12.7%15.7%1.101.00178Compare
T1448Sutter Lakeside HospitalLakeport, CA · Critical access131 min44—10.7%13.8%——30Compare
T1448University Hospitals Conneaut Medical CenterConneaut, OH · Critical access131 min44—9.6%15.2%——25Compare
T1448Bay Park Community HospitalOregon, OH · Acute care131 min33—10.1%15.8%0.920.9792Compare
T1448Galion Community HospitalGalion, OH · Critical access131 min3411.8%15.8%14.7%——35Compare
T1448Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care131 min3311.1%9.7%14.3%1.050.97280Compare
T1448North Vista HospitalNorth Las Vegas, NV · Acute care131 min32—8.5%15.8%0.851.14177Compare
T1448Medical City ArlingtonArlington, TX · Acute care131 min2211.3%8.6%16.2%0.911.04420Compare
T1448Norman RegionalNorman, OK · Acute care131 min2214.2%14.8%15.7%0.970.95387Compare
T1448Saint Joseph EastLexington, KY · Acute care131 min23—8.3%15.2%0.880.94217Compare
T1448St. Catherine Hospital - Garden CityGarden City, KS · Acute care131 min2210.5%13.6%15.0%0.831.0399Compare
T1448LECOM Medical Center And Behavioral Health PavErie, PA · Acute care131 min14—12.8%15.4%1.161.15144Compare
T1448Essentia Health Holy Trinity HospitalGraceville, MN · Critical access131 min———————15Compare
T1448Glenn Medical CenterWillows, CA · Critical access131 min————15.4%——47Compare
T1448Graham Regional Medical CenterGraham, TX · Critical access131 min————15.1%——25Compare
T1448Johnson County Community HospitalMountain City, TN · Critical access131 min———————2Compare
T1448Pike County Memorial HospitalLouisiana, MO · Critical access131 min————15.2%——25Compare
T1448Rainy Lake Medical CenterInternational Falls, MN · Critical access131 min————14.8%——25Compare
T1448Rawlins County Health CenterAtwood, KS · Critical access131 min————16.5%——15Compare
T1448Red Bay HospitalRed Bay, AL · Critical access131 min————15.0%——25Compare
T1448Weed ACH (Ft Irwin)Fort Irwin, CA · Military131 min———————20Compare
T1472Indiana University Health White Memorial HospitalMonticello, IN · Critical access132 min5——10.5%13.6%——25Compare
T1472Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant, SC · Acute care132 min54—9.8%14.0%0.900.9785Compare
T1472Park City HospitalPark City, UT · Acute care132 min55—10.5%15.0%0.940.9130Compare
T1472Sequoia HospitalRedwood City, CA · Acute care132 min5412.5%9.1%14.7%0.910.94208Compare
T1472St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood, KY · Acute care132 min5410.6%8.4%15.2%1.071.04621Compare
T1472St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · Acute care132 min5410.8%8.4%15.7%0.610.97817Compare
T1472Wyandot Memorial HospitalUpper Sandusky, OH · Critical access132 min54—11.8%14.8%——25Compare
T1472AdventHealth North PinellasTarpon Springs, FL · Acute care132 min4312.0%10.8%14.9%0.841.02168Compare
T1472Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · Acute care132 min4310.6%9.5%14.1%1.180.91157Compare
T1472Lakewood Ranch Medical CenterBradenton, FL · Acute care132 min4212.8%11.7%15.0%0.831.09120Compare
T1472Ozark HealthClinton, AR · Critical access132 min4———14.7%——25Compare
T1472Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester, VA · Acute care132 min4411.9%13.5%13.4%0.890.9167Compare
T1472Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington, IA · Acute care132 min4212.8%14.5%13.4%1.530.93173Compare
T1472St Josephs HospitalBreese, IL · Acute care132 min44—12.5%14.5%0.950.9796Compare
T1472UCHealth Greeley HospitalGreeley, CO · Acute care132 min4410.5%11.1%14.2%1.151.0588Compare
T1472Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta, NY · Acute care132 min33—11.8%15.2%0.941.0160Compare
T1472Barton Memorial HospitalSouth Lake Tahoe, CA · Acute care132 min34—11.7%15.0%0.880.8764Compare
T1472Corewell Health Pennock HospitalHastings, MI · Critical access132 min34—10.9%14.4%——25Compare
T1472East Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool, OH · Acute care132 min3312.4%7.2%15.7%0.900.95144Compare
T1472Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH · Acute care132 min34—10.3%14.6%0.980.86122Compare
T1472John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell, VA · Acute care132 min3311.4%9.5%15.2%0.941.05147Compare
T1472Marion General HospitalMarion, IN · Acute care132 min3312.4%10.5%14.6%1.170.9899Compare
T1472McCullough-Hyde Memorial HospitalOxford, OH · Acute care132 min34—11.6%15.5%0.940.9394Compare
T1472Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo, TX · Acute care132 min3312.3%12.7%14.2%0.841.13495Compare
T1472Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH · Acute care132 min3310.9%13.1%15.4%0.941.02209Compare
T1472Reston Hospital CenterReston, VA · Acute care132 min3211.4%9.8%15.1%0.691.03187Compare
T1472Sharon Regional Medical CenterSharon, PA · Acute care132 min3—12.1%11.9%15.7%1.000.96220Compare
T1472Unity Medical CenterManchester, TN · Acute care132 min35——14.8%0.961.1549Compare
T1472Wayne General HospitalWaynesboro, MS · Acute care132 min3——12.1%15.8%0.980.8680Compare

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).