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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
T1524Stanton County HospitalJohnson, KS · Critical access133 min————15.1%——25Compare
T1552Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse, WI · Acute care134 min559.8%10.2%14.3%0.850.90345Compare
T1552Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · Acute care134 min5512.3%10.8%15.2%0.920.8987Compare
T1552Sutter Auburn Faith HospitalAuburn, CA · Acute care134 min54—12.7%13.3%1.040.9297Compare
T1552CHI St Lukes Health Memorial LivingstonLivingston, TX · Acute care134 min44—11.0%14.5%0.950.9766Compare
T1552Hillcrest Hospital ClaremoreClaremore, OK · Acute care134 min43—12.9%14.5%0.930.9149Compare
T1552MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · Acute care134 min4312.3%13.2%15.5%0.831.07217Compare
T1552Medical City Las ColinasIrving, TX · Acute care134 min42—11.2%14.7%1.030.98100Compare
T1552Mercy Hospital Ardmore, IncArdmore, OK · Acute care134 min4411.0%8.2%14.6%0.811.03190Compare
T1552NGMC Barrow, LLCWinder, GA · Acute care134 min43—11.0%14.9%0.980.8556Compare
T1552Saint Joseph Mount SterlingMount Sterling, KY · Acute care134 min44—11.2%15.2%1.041.0263Compare
T1552Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton, VA · Acute care134 min4310.9%10.0%14.8%0.880.95224Compare
T1552The Medical Center Of Aurora & South HospitalAurora, CO · Acute care134 min4210.1%9.5%13.5%1.351.01281Compare
T1552AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission, KS · Acute care134 min3311.2%10.7%14.5%1.070.99504Compare
T1552Encino Hospital Medical CenterEncino, CA · Acute care134 min31—10.8%15.6%0.941.26150Compare
T1552HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland, TX · Acute care134 min3212.2%11.1%15.2%1.000.9953Compare
T1552MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · Acute care134 min3313.9%11.0%14.9%1.271.02258Compare
T1552Mat-Su Regional Medical CenterPalmer, AK · Acute care134 min3411.8%15.3%15.0%1.000.8274Compare
T1552Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla, WA · Acute care134 min3412.4%11.1%13.6%0.820.96146Compare
T1552Shenandoah Memorial HospitalWoodstock, VA · Critical access134 min34—11.9%14.6%——25Compare
T1552White River Medical CenterBatesville, AR · Acute care134 min3313.2%12.6%14.7%2.030.99224Compare
T1552Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCherokee, IA · Critical access134 min2——16.1%14.8%——25Compare
T1552Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · Acute care134 min2312.5%17.3%15.6%1.101.03210Compare
T1552Garden Grove Hospital & Medical CenterGarden Grove, CA · Acute care134 min21—9.1%16.6%0.861.17167Compare
T1552HCA Florida Gulf Coast HospitalPanama City, FL · Acute care134 min2212.0%8.3%14.1%0.721.08282Compare
T1552HCA Florida Mercy HospitalPlantation, FL · Acute care134 min2211.4%9.0%16.1%1.131.10488Compare
T1552Harrisburg Medical CenterHarrisburg, IL · Acute care134 min2———15.1%0.980.7978Compare
T1552Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS · Acute care134 min1113.3%10.0%15.0%0.891.07106Compare
T1552Aspirus Ironwood HospitalIronwood, MI · Critical access134 min—4—14.7%15.6%——25Compare
T1552Cordell Memorial HospitalCordell, OK · Critical access134 min————15.2%——14Compare
T1552Effingham Health SystemSpringfield, GA · Critical access134 min————14.9%——25Compare
T1552Gunnison Valley HospitalGunnison, CO · Critical access134 min————15.0%——24Compare
T1552Jane Todd Crawford HospitalGreensburg, KY · Critical access134 min————14.9%——35Compare
T1552Kimball Health ServicesKimball, NE · Critical access134 min————14.7%——14Compare
T1552Logan Health - ChesterChester, MT · Critical access134 min———————25Compare
T1552Mena Regional Health SystemMena, AR · Critical access134 min———————45Compare
T1552Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital LLCMason, OH · Acute care134 min—4—11.5%15.6%—0.9560Compare
T1552West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar HospitalBolivar, TN · Critical access134 min———————25Compare
T1552White Mountain Regional Medical CenterSpringerville, AZ · Critical access134 min—4——14.9%——25Compare
T1590Boulder Community HealthBoulder, CO · Acute care135 min449.5%7.5%13.6%1.270.92181Compare
T1590Community HospitalGrand Junction, CO · Acute care135 min44—11.1%14.0%1.060.9760Compare
T1590Corpus Christi Medical Center,TheCorpus Christi, TX · Acute care135 min439.5%7.5%14.5%1.081.04631Compare
T1590Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA · Acute care135 min43—11.6%15.1%0.881.12186Compare
T1590Olmsted Medical CenterRochester, MN · Acute care135 min44—11.3%14.8%0.960.8761Compare
T1590Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care135 min44—10.5%15.6%0.961.2266Compare
T1590Penn Highlands BrookvilleBrookville, PA · Critical access135 min44—12.2%14.3%——35Compare
T1590St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care135 min44—12.0%14.7%1.220.97233Compare
T1590Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AzleAzle, TX · Acute care135 min43—10.5%14.8%0.961.0236Compare
T1590HCA Florida Aventura HospitalAventura, FL · Acute care135 min3214.2%9.2%15.4%0.891.06493Compare
T1590Logan Health - WhitefishWhitefish, MT · Critical access135 min33—16.4%15.3%——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).