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Hospitals in Mississippi with the lowest time in emergency department

68 Mississippi hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Covington County Hospital CAH, Baptist Medical Center Attala, Tippah County Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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68 hospitals ranked in Mississippi by time in emergency department; 41 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
1Covington County Hospital CAHCollins, MS · Critical access74 min————14.8%——35Compare
2Baptist Medical Center AttalaKosciusko, MS · Critical access77 min————15.3%——25Compare
3Tippah County HospitalRipley, MS · Critical access80 min4——12.7%14.8%——45Compare
T4Baptist Medical Center-YazooYazoo City, MS · Critical access82 min————15.1%——35Compare
T4Ochsner Scott RegionalMorton, MS · Critical access82 min————14.9%——30Compare
T6Webster General Hospital/ Swing BedEupora, MS · Acute care83 min44—13.9%14.3%—0.9143Compare
T6BMH-CalhounCalhoun City, MS · Critical access83 min————14.5%——30Compare
8Magee General HospitalMagee, MS · Acute care84 min2——11.4%14.9%—1.1064Compare
9Pontotoc Health Service Inc CAHPontotoc, MS · Critical access88 min————14.8%——25Compare
T10Ochsner Stennis Memorial HospitalDe Kalb, MS · Critical access90 min————14.9%——25Compare
T10Ochsner Watkins HospitalQuitman, MS · Critical access90 min————15.1%——25Compare
T12Merit Health CentralJackson, MS · Acute care91 min3—11.6%—15.3%0.920.91473Compare
T12Choctaw Health CenterPhiladelphia, MS · Acute care91 min———————40Compare
14Baptist Medical Center-LeakeCarthage, MS · Critical access94 min2———15.1%——25Compare
T15Crossgates River Oaks HospitalBrandon, MS · Acute care95 min2———15.1%0.900.97134Compare
T15Franklin County Memorial HospitalMeadville, MS · Critical access95 min————15.3%——36Compare
17Simpson General Hospital CAHMendenhall, MS · Critical access96 min2——11.2%15.6%——35Compare
T18Neshoba County General HospitalPhiladelphia, MS · Acute care97 min3——13.9%14.5%—1.02—Compare
T18S E Lackey Memorial HospitalForest, MS · Critical access97 min————14.9%——35Compare
T20Baptist Memorial Hospital BoonevilleBooneville, MS · Acute care99 min3——10.2%14.4%0.960.93114Compare
T20Tallahatchie General Hospital-CAHCharleston, MS · Critical access99 min———————18Compare
22Holmes County Hospital And ClinicsLexington, MS · Critical access101 min————15.2%——25Compare
23Ochsner Laird HospitalUnion, MS · Critical access102 min————15.4%——25Compare
24Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital CAHWinona, MS · Critical access105 min————15.0%——25Compare
25Tishomingo Health Services IncIuka, MS · Acute care108 min25—14.8%14.9%—1.0248Compare
T26Choctaw Regional Medical CenterAckerman, MS · Critical access109 min————14.7%——25Compare
T26Winston Medical CenterLouisville, MS · Acute care109 min———12.9%14.9%—0.9941Compare
28Clay County Medical CorporationWest Point, MS · Acute care110 min34—11.9%14.7%0.950.9060Compare
29University Of Mississippi Medical Center- GrenadaGrenada, MS · Acute care114 min14—12.0%15.2%0.961.23156Compare
3081st Medical Group (Keesler AFB)Biloxi, MS · Military115 min—5—————342Compare
31Field Health SystemCentreville, MS · Critical access116 min————15.3%——25Compare
32Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical CenterMccomb, MS · Acute care121 min2313.1%10.1%15.8%0.881.02160Compare
33Merit Health River RegionVicksburg, MS · Acute care123 min2212.3%8.9%16.0%0.991.07354Compare
34Highland Community HospitalPicayune, MS · Acute care124 min1——11.4%15.8%0.961.1160Compare
35Highland Hills Medical CenterSenatobia, MS · Acute care125 min————14.7%—0.8249Compare
36Marion General HospitalColumbia, MS · Acute care126 min1———15.4%—1.0479Compare
37Bolivar Medical CenterCleveland, MS · Acute care127 min13—11.4%15.0%0.840.98165Compare
38South Central Regional Medical CenterLaurel, MS · Acute care128 min1311.3%12.0%16.9%2.191.00285Compare
T39Wayne General HospitalWaynesboro, MS · Acute care132 min3——12.1%15.8%0.980.8680Compare
T39George Regional Health SystemLucedale, MS · Acute care132 min14——15.7%1.030.9548Compare
41Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha CountyStarkville, MS · Acute care133 min23—11.3%15.0%0.941.0696Compare
42Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS · Acute care134 min1113.3%10.0%15.0%0.891.07106Compare
43Merit Health MadisonCanton, MS · Acute care136 min34—11.2%15.8%0.950.9567Compare
T44BMH-Golden TriangleColumbus, MS · Acute care138 min3413.7%11.1%15.1%1.200.97328Compare
T44Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth, MS · Acute care138 min2412.8%14.5%15.0%0.900.94164Compare
46King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven, MS · Acute care140 min34—15.8%15.3%0.971.01122Compare
47Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany, MS · Acute care144 min44—12.8%14.1%0.960.98153Compare
48Ochsner Medical Center-HancockBay Saint Louis, MS · Acute care147 min34—10.9%16.1%0.920.87104Compare
49Memorial Hospital BiloxiBiloxi, MS · Acute care153 min11—11.5%15.6%1.011.02—Compare
50Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg, MS · Acute care154 min2214.7%14.3%15.9%0.790.99211Compare

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).