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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
T2432Robert Packer HospitalSayre, PA · Acute care163 min2412.6%13.4%15.7%0.850.98307Compare
T2432Volunteer Community HospitalMartin, TN · Acute care163 min24—11.3%14.8%0.981.20100Compare
T2432Barstow Community HospitalBarstow, CA · Acute care163 min13——14.6%1.301.0456Compare
T2432HCA Florida Oak Hill HospitalBrooksville, FL · Acute care163 min1213.8%12.2%16.4%0.761.03350Compare
T2432Aspirus Stanley HospitalStanley, WI · Critical access163 min———12.3%14.8%——24Compare
T2432Iron County Medical CenterPilot Knob, MO · Critical access163 min————15.1%——15Compare
T2457AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · Acute care164 min54—9.8%14.3%1.020.93103Compare
T2457French Hospital Medical CenterSan Luis Obispo, CA · Acute care164 min5311.3%13.7%13.3%0.710.93135Compare
T2457UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch, CO · Acute care164 min5412.0%9.2%14.2%0.760.9787Compare
T2457AdventHealth Palm Coast ParkwayPalm Coast, FL · Acute care164 min4410.9%7.5%14.6%0.920.88100Compare
T2457Orlando Health Sebastian River HospitalSebastian, FL · Acute care164 min4212.0%12.2%13.8%0.931.01145Compare
T2457St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo, CO · Acute care164 min44—9.6%14.8%0.940.91408Compare
T2457UPMC LititzLititz, PA · Acute care164 min4311.5%14.0%15.0%0.890.98148Compare
T2457Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterPortsmouth, VA · Acute care164 min3311.7%13.1%14.8%0.821.01346Compare
T2457Christus Spohn Hospital AliceAlice, TX · Acute care164 min3411.6%9.6%14.4%0.931.10135Compare
T2457Covenant Medical CenterLubbock, TX · Acute care164 min3313.3%9.7%13.5%0.741.13470Compare
T2457Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville, AL · Acute care164 min3212.0%13.1%14.7%0.940.99147Compare
T2457Lima Memorial Health SystemLima, OH · Acute care164 min3312.6%10.5%16.1%1.000.98285Compare
T2457Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · Acute care164 min3313.6%9.1%14.4%1.231.02505Compare
T2457Three Rivers Medical CenterLouisa, KY · Acute care164 min35—13.9%15.2%0.960.8890Compare
T2457Vidant Chowan HospitalEdenton, NC · Critical access164 min34—9.5%14.5%——25Compare
T2457Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · Acute care164 min33—11.4%15.7%0.931.02120Compare
T2457Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis, NY · Acute care164 min22—11.5%15.0%0.930.89141Compare
T2457CHI St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin, TX · Acute care164 min2411.2%10.2%16.0%1.081.04279Compare
T2457DeKalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL · Acute care164 min2311.4%14.6%15.1%1.020.99134Compare
T2457Doctors Hospital Of MantecaManteca, CA · Acute care164 min22—11.5%16.1%0.961.0673Compare
T2457Penn Highlands DuboisDubois, PA · Acute care164 min2213.1%12.7%14.7%1.350.99244Compare
T2457Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway CampusSelma, AL · Acute care164 min22—12.4%15.8%0.950.96214Compare
T2457Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow, NY · Acute care164 min1111.1%11.4%16.7%1.231.09530Compare
T2457SUNY/Downstate University Hospital Of BrooklynBrooklyn, NY · Acute care164 min1211.3%10.1%15.9%1.051.02376Compare
T2457Tampa General Hospital BrooksvilleBrooksville, FL · Acute care164 min1112.7%12.9%16.8%0.851.04244Compare
T2457Cleveland Emergency HospitalHumble, TX · Acute care164 min———————16Compare
T2457Schoolcraft Memorial HospitalManistique, MI · Critical access164 min————15.1%——25Compare
T2457St Vincent's ChiltonClanton, AL · Acute care164 min—5——14.8%1.20—30Compare
T2457Texas Health Center For Diagnostics & Surgery PlanPlano, TX · Acute care164 min—4——15.0%0.950.9218Compare
T2486AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · Acute care165 min5312.1%10.4%14.4%0.940.9290Compare
T2486AdventHealth ParkerParker, CO · Acute care165 min5410.3%8.2%13.7%1.030.91179Compare
T2486Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers, AR · Acute care165 min5311.7%10.9%14.0%0.741.02275Compare
T2486Saint Joseph HospitalDenver, CO · Acute care165 min5410.9%10.2%14.3%1.040.96400Compare
T2486Sentara Princess Anne HospitalVirginia Beach, VA · Acute care165 min5410.9%9.8%14.9%0.810.91160Compare
T2486Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterWilliamsburg, VA · Acute care165 min5410.7%9.3%13.1%0.780.93145Compare
T2486Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston, TX · Acute care165 min4210.4%7.2%14.5%1.031.04881Compare
T2486Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA · Acute care165 min4411.7%10.2%15.8%0.970.99553Compare
T2486Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care165 min4411.1%11.6%13.6%1.010.94160Compare
T2486St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard, CA · Acute care165 min438.7%10.1%13.9%0.851.02265Compare
T2486Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy, CA · Acute care165 min43—10.6%13.9%0.840.9882Compare
T2486Verde Valley Medical CenterCottonwood, AZ · Acute care165 min4311.8%11.5%15.3%1.080.9998Compare
T2486Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care165 min3311.5%13.0%15.8%1.001.06242Compare
T2486Mymichigan Medical Center SaginawSaginaw, MI · Acute care165 min3313.2%11.9%15.0%1.021.01268Compare
T2486St Joseph's HospitalTucson, AZ · Acute care165 min3210.9%11.3%14.7%0.871.07486Compare

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).