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Hospitals in Illinois with the lowest time in emergency department

155 Illinois 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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155 hospitals ranked in Illinois by time in emergency department; 38 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Overall star ratinghigher is better	Patient survey star ratinghigher is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Serious complicationslower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	162 min		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	1.00
151	John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care	293 min, 2nd percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.1%, 38th percentile	8.3%, 93rd percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	918	Compare John H Stroger Jr Hospital
152	The University Of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, IL · Acute care	295 min, 1st percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.8%, 49th percentile	8.1%, 94th percentile	16.0%, 7th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.99, 50th percentile	782	Compare The University Of Chicago Medical Center
153	University Of Illinois Hospital And ClinicsChicago, IL · Acute care	298 min, 1st percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.6%, 58th percentile	10.1%, 68th percentile	15.9%, 9th percentile	1.13, 16th percentile	1.04, 23rd percentile	507	Compare University Of Illinois Hospital And Clinics
154	Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · Acute care	350 min, 0th percentile	5, 94th percentile	4, 76th percentile	10.1%, 95th percentile	5.7%, 100th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	0.74, 97th percentile	0.94, 76th percentile	894	Compare Northwestern Memorial Hospital
155	Rush University Medical CenterChicago, IL · Acute care	370 min, 0th percentile	5, 94th percentile	3, 39th percentile	10.5%, 89th percentile	7.6%, 96th percentile	16.4%, 3rd percentile	0.71, 98th percentile	0.94, 76th percentile	727	Compare Rush University Medical Center

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).