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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. 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
T51Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford, MS · Acute care157 min4411.9%12.0%16.2%0.900.97217Compare
T51Memorial Hospital At GulfportGulfport, MS · Acute care157 min3314.1%13.2%15.6%1.071.16445Compare
53North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore AmoryAmory, MS · Acute care161 min34—14.4%14.5%0.900.9995Compare
54Singing River GulfportGulfport, MS · Acute care165 min2312.4%13.1%16.2%1.031.01130Compare
55Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian, MS · Acute care169 min3413.9%13.9%14.7%0.991.13215Compare
56Northwest Missississippi Regional Medical CenterClarksdale, MS · Acute care172 min3———15.3%0.880.94195Compare
57Merit Health NatchezNatchez, MS · Acute care175 min22—12.1%15.5%1.151.17179Compare
58Singing River Health SystemPascagoula, MS · Acute care176 min1314.2%15.0%15.9%0.941.01551Compare
59Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian, MS · Acute care185 min2310.8%11.7%15.7%0.991.05260Compare
60University Of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS · Acute care189 min2313.2%9.2%16.0%1.321.01710Compare
61Greenwood Leflore HospitalGreenwood, MS · Acute care194 min1——9.4%14.8%0.961.01260Compare
62North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo, MS · Acute care203 min2312.5%16.1%14.4%1.151.04650Compare
63Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · Acute care211 min2312.8%11.4%16.1%2.431.03639Compare
64Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch HospitalOlive Branch, MS · Acute care222 min4311.4%12.4%14.4%0.880.8260Compare
65Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg, MS · Acute care224 min2411.8%13.7%15.0%1.081.00537Compare
66St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · Acute care250 min2314.3%13.6%15.0%1.091.02571Compare
67Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven, MS · Acute care259 min3311.7%9.4%15.7%1.471.00161Compare
68Delta Health System - The Medical CenterGreenville, MS · Acute care270 min1316.6%14.6%15.0%0.941.14268Compare

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).