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Hospitals in Florida with the lowest time in emergency department

175 Florida hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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175 hospitals ranked in Florida by time in emergency department; 46 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
151Memorial Hospital WestPembroke Pines, FL · Acute care200 min349.8%9.4%16.0%1.120.97366Compare
152Baptist HospitalPensacola, FL · Acute care201 min4312.5%9.5%14.8%1.011.05569Compare
T153Palm Bay HospitalPalm Bay, FL · Acute care202 min3214.0%13.0%15.3%0.821.04152Compare
T153St Anthonys HospitalSaint Petersburg, FL · Acute care202 min3411.1%10.6%15.6%0.821.03448Compare
T155Morton Plant North Bay HospitalNew Port Richey, FL · Acute care203 min3412.4%11.5%16.0%0.820.98222Compare
T155South Florida Baptist HospitalPlant City, FL · Acute care203 min3313.4%11.1%15.7%0.991.03146Compare
T155Palmetto General HospitalHialeah, FL · Acute care203 min2211.8%11.4%15.3%0.921.08360Compare
158Tallahassee Memorial HealthcareTallahassee, FL · Acute care204 min3311.8%11.1%14.3%0.891.04772Compare
T159Mease Countryside HospitalSafety Harbor, FL · Acute care205 min4414.6%11.8%15.3%0.941.01300Compare
T159Parrish Medical CenterTitusville, FL · Acute care205 min2212.4%13.8%14.5%1.101.05208Compare
T159Jackson Health SystemMiami, FL · Acute care205 min1313.0%13.7%16.8%1.301.112,255Compare
T162Mayo ClinicJacksonville, FL · Acute care206 min5411.1%8.8%14.5%0.941.02434Compare
T162AdventHealth WatermanTavares, FL · Acute care206 min4310.4%7.4%14.8%1.091.01269Compare
164Keralty HospitalMiami, FL · Acute care210 min2—11.3%—16.3%0.931.39125Compare
165Holmes Regional Medical CenterMelbourne, FL · Acute care214 min4210.6%11.3%14.8%0.851.08514Compare
166Cleveland Clinic Indian River HospitalVero Beach, FL · Acute care216 min4212.8%10.6%13.5%0.761.01332Compare
167Cleveland Clinic HospitalWeston, FL · Acute care219 min539.6%6.9%15.9%0.940.93236Compare
168Cape Coral HospitalCape Coral, FL · Acute care221 min3314.0%9.5%15.6%0.730.98303Compare
169Lee Memorial HospitalFort Myers, FL · Acute care222 min5311.7%9.6%14.1%0.940.95895Compare
170Homestead HospitalHomestead, FL · Acute care228 min43—10.2%15.0%0.890.98147Compare
171Tampa General HospitalTampa, FL · Acute care234 min3210.2%8.7%15.8%1.461.001,096Compare
172Sarasota Memorial Hospital - VeniceNorth Venice, FL · Acute care235 min5411.0%8.2%15.4%0.701.02212Compare
173Baptist Hospital Of MiamiMiami, FL · Acute care236 min5312.0%8.8%15.1%1.031.02948Compare
174UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville, FL · Acute care248 min5310.9%9.7%15.7%1.100.981,054Compare
175Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee HealthFort Myers, FL · Acute care270 min4310.7%9.6%14.6%1.080.98699Compare

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).