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Hospitals in Nebraska with the lowest time in emergency department

83 Nebraska 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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83 hospitals ranked in Nebraska by time in emergency department; 10 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
T50Providence Medical CenterWayne, NE · Critical access121 min————14.8%——21Compare
T52Gothenburg HealthGothenburg, NE · Critical access124 min————14.6%——15Compare
T52Memorial HospitalAurora, NE · Critical access124 min————14.6%——12Compare
54Kearney County Health Services HospitalMinden, NE · Critical access125 min————14.6%——10Compare
T55Brodstone HealthcareSuperior, NE · Critical access126 min44—14.1%15.2%——25Compare
T55York General Health Care ServicesYork, NE · Critical access126 min44—12.5%15.0%——25Compare
T55Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · Acute care126 min2413.1%12.7%14.9%1.080.9590Compare
T55Callaway District HospitalCallaway, NE · Critical access126 min————15.1%——12Compare
59Merrick Medical CenterCentral City, NE · Critical access127 min————14.6%——6Compare
T60CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE · Acute care128 min3310.9%11.7%15.5%0.831.03356Compare
T60Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · Acute care128 min3311.5%11.3%15.0%0.820.97116Compare
T60Memorial Community Hospital & Health SystemBlair, NE · Critical access128 min—3——15.2%——25Compare
T60Pender Community HospitalPender, NE · Critical access128 min————15.1%——21Compare
64Perkins County Health ServicesGrant, NE · Critical access129 min————15.4%——20Compare
65Kimball Health ServicesKimball, NE · Critical access134 min————14.7%——14Compare
66Box Butte General HospitalAlliance, NE · Critical access136 min44—12.1%14.5%——25Compare
67CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE · Acute care137 min44—11.4%14.8%0.970.83131Compare
68CHI Health Good SamaritanKearney, NE · Acute care138 min4411.0%10.2%14.7%0.981.03165Compare
69Sidney Regional Medical CenterSidney, NE · Critical access143 min—5——15.4%——25Compare
70Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE · Acute care144 min4311.6%11.5%15.7%0.880.9291Compare
71Chase County Community HospitalImperial, NE · Critical access145 min————15.5%——15Compare
T72Community HospitalMccook, NE · Critical access146 min3——15.2%15.0%——25Compare
T72Cherry County HospitalValentine, NE · Critical access146 min—4——15.2%——21Compare
T72Morrill County Community HospitalBridgeport, NE · Critical access146 min————14.6%——20Compare
75Garden County Health ServicesOshkosh, NE · Critical access147 min————————Compare
76Tri Valley Health SystemCambridge, NE · Critical access148 min————14.9%——25Compare
T77CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · Acute care156 min4311.4%9.6%14.6%0.991.02400Compare
T77The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · Acute care156 min4411.0%11.0%15.5%1.040.98430Compare
T77Dundy County HospitalBenkelman, NE · Critical access156 min————15.6%——12Compare
80CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE · Acute care158 min43—14.3%15.0%0.791.03265Compare
81CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE · Acute care179 min4311.8%13.3%15.1%0.850.96157Compare
82Regional West Medical CenterScottsbluff, NE · Acute care202 min2211.2%14.0%14.9%0.971.03166Compare
83The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · Acute care256 min4310.3%10.1%15.0%0.571.01689Compare

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).