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Hospitals in Iowa with the lowest time in emergency department

112 Iowa 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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112 hospitals ranked in Iowa by time in emergency department; 6 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
101	CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA · Acute care	171 min, 35th percentile	5, 94th percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.6%, 23rd percentile	11.6%, 37th percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	0.85, 85th percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	194	Compare CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
T102	Genesis Medical Center-DavenportDavenport, IA · Acute care	174 min, 33rd percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.4%, 29th percentile	13.3%, 12th percentile	15.7%, 13th percentile	1.43, 3rd percentile	0.96, 66th percentile	502	Compare Genesis Medical Center-Davenport
T102	St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care	174 min, 33rd percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.4%, 29th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	201	Compare St Lukes Regional Medical Center
104	UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines, IA · Acute care	182 min, 28th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	14.7%, 1st percentile	13.9%, 8th percentile	13.5%, 98th percentile	1.01, 33rd percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	674	Compare UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi
105	MercyOne North Iowa Medical CenterMason City, IA · Acute care	193 min, 23rd percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.7%, 21st percentile	15.6%, 2nd percentile	14.3%, 86th percentile	1.00, 35th percentile	0.96, 66th percentile	350	Compare MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center
106	MercyOne Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City, IA · Acute care	199 min, 20th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	13.1%, 13th percentile	11.2%, 46th percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	1.44, 3rd percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	—	Compare MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center
T107	Broadlawns Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care	204 min, 17th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	—	14.6%, 74th percentile	1.18, 12th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	200	Compare Broadlawns Medical Center
T107	MercyOne Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque, IA · Acute care	204 min, 17th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	13.2%, 11th percentile	11.0%, 50th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	1.31, 6th percentile	0.93, 80th percentile	524	Compare MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
109	Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf, IA · Acute care	205 min, 17th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	10.9%, 52nd percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	0.81, 92nd percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	150	Compare Trinity - Bettendorf
110	University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City, IA · Acute care	210 min, 15th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	13.7%, 6th percentile	12.2%, 27th percentile	13.5%, 98th percentile	1.25, 8th percentile	1.05, 19th percentile	1,103	Compare University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
111	MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · Acute care	223 min, 11th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.5%, 62nd percentile	8.5%, 91st percentile	13.9%, 94th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	0.89, 90th percentile	423	Compare MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
112	MercyOne Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines, IA · Acute care	244 min, 6th percentile	1, 3rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.6%, 87th percentile	13.2%, 13th percentile	13.6%, 97th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	1.01, 38th percentile	649	Compare MercyOne Des Moines 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).