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Hospitals with the lowest time in emergency department

Rank every Medicare-certified hospital on any CMS quality measure. Filter by state, type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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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
T3321Mid Valley Hospital & ClinicOmak, WA · Critical access202 min————15.3%——25Compare
T3352NYU Langone HospitalsNew York, NY · Acute care203 min536.7%5.2%13.1%0.670.991,069Compare
T3352Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona, PA · Acute care203 min43—10.2%15.7%0.921.00228Compare
T3352Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy, MI · Acute care203 min429.8%9.0%15.2%0.880.99254Compare
T3352Progress West HospitalOfallon, MO · Acute care203 min4411.9%9.9%13.7%1.020.9576Compare
T3352Asante Three Rivers Medical CenterGrants Pass, OR · Acute care203 min3411.8%10.5%14.7%0.810.87150Compare
T3352Morton Plant North Bay HospitalNew Port Richey, FL · Acute care203 min3412.4%11.5%16.0%0.820.98222Compare
T3352Sisters Of Charity HospitalBuffalo, NY · Acute care203 min33—11.1%15.3%1.710.96413Compare
T3352South Florida Baptist HospitalPlant City, FL · Acute care203 min3313.4%11.1%15.7%0.991.03146Compare
T3352Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville, GA · Acute care203 min22—11.4%14.8%1.160.86140Compare
T3352North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo, MS · Acute care203 min2312.5%16.1%14.4%1.151.04650Compare
T3352Palmetto General HospitalHialeah, FL · Acute care203 min2211.8%11.4%15.3%0.921.08360Compare
T3352Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care203 min2311.3%10.3%16.0%1.330.98313Compare
T3352St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · Acute care203 min2314.5%14.8%14.7%2.171.05294Compare
T3352Wheeling Hospital, IncWheeling, WV · Acute care203 min2211.7%10.8%15.5%0.980.99277Compare
T3352White Rock Medical CenterDallas, TX · Acute care203 min2——11.1%16.4%1.131.04232Compare
T3352Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren, MI · Acute care203 min1213.7%10.5%15.1%1.140.99348Compare
T3368Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck, NJ · Acute care204 min5311.8%9.6%15.5%0.711.06372Compare
T3368Houston Methodist Sugarland HospitalSugar Land, TX · Acute care204 min5410.3%6.9%14.6%0.640.99340Compare
T3368M Health Fairview Southdale HospitalEdina, MN · Acute care204 min5310.1%7.8%13.1%0.760.92390Compare
T3368California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco, CA · Acute care204 min43—9.6%15.7%0.870.93120Compare
T3368Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville, TN · Acute care204 min4312.1%11.4%15.1%0.860.95189Compare
T3368Island HospitalAnacortes, WA · Acute care204 min44—12.9%14.8%1.080.8943Compare
T3368Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck, NY · Acute care204 min4412.7%10.0%14.5%0.820.9768Compare
T3368Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care204 min439.7%11.4%14.5%0.880.9475Compare
T3368Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · Acute care204 min4310.5%9.2%14.4%1.010.92143Compare
T3368UVA Health Haymarket Medical CenterHaymarket, VA · Acute care204 min44—14.7%15.2%0.870.9660Compare
T3368WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care204 min4413.7%11.4%13.9%0.990.97678Compare
T3368Broadlawns Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care204 min33——14.6%1.180.98200Compare
T3368La Palma Intercommunity HospitalLa Palma, CA · Acute care204 min3210.8%10.3%16.5%0.871.18140Compare
T3368MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care204 min3413.2%11.0%15.6%1.310.93524Compare
T3368Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care204 min3212.9%13.6%13.7%1.010.94769Compare
T3368Oswego HospitalOswego, NY · Acute care204 min34—13.0%15.2%1.251.00132Compare
T3368Prattville Baptist HospitalPrattville, AL · Acute care204 min34—11.8%15.5%0.940.9385Compare
T3368Tallahassee Memorial HealthcareTallahassee, FL · Acute care204 min3311.8%11.1%14.3%0.891.04772Compare
T3368Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterRockville, MD · Acute care204 min2311.7%12.7%14.5%0.97—331Compare
T3368Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterColton, CA · Acute care204 min2312.2%8.9%16.2%0.881.02456Compare
T3368Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · Acute care204 min2213.4%12.4%15.0%0.991.02551Compare
T3368SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · Acute care204 min2311.5%12.3%16.7%0.970.95335Compare
T3368Sky Lakes Medical CenterKlamath Falls, OR · Acute care204 min2312.8%11.9%14.0%1.300.77176Compare
T3368Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport, TN · Acute care204 min2311.4%11.9%14.8%1.041.10505Compare
T3368North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale, MN · Acute care204 min1312.9%11.0%15.8%1.180.93518Compare
T3393Adventist Health PortlandPortland, OR · Acute care205 min4312.5%10.8%14.6%0.720.94302Compare
T3393Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care205 min44—9.1%15.3%0.940.7241Compare
T3393Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care205 min42—9.4%14.0%0.920.99120Compare
T3393Mease Countryside HospitalSafety Harbor, FL · Acute care205 min4414.6%11.8%15.3%0.941.01300Compare
T3393Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA · Acute care205 min4311.0%9.6%15.5%1.090.98217Compare
T3393Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care205 min4311.3%14.1%14.1%0.780.97308Compare
T3393St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale, WA · Acute care205 min4311.2%10.2%13.7%0.890.95297Compare
T3393Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care205 min3312.2%11.4%14.3%1.081.03110Compare

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).