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Hospitals in New Hampshire with the lowest time in emergency department

26 New Hampshire hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, Weeks Medical Center, Androscoggin Valley Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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26 hospitals ranked in New Hampshire by time in emergency department; 1 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
1Upper Connecticut Valley HospitalColebrook, NH · Critical access85 min————14.6%——16Compare
2Weeks Medical CenterLancaster, NH · Critical access107 min————14.6%——25Compare
3Androscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin, NH · Critical access112 min24—14.6%14.3%——25Compare
4Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Critical access118 min45—8.2%15.3%——25Compare
T5Cottage HospitalWoodsville, NH · Critical access120 min4——11.3%14.8%——25Compare
T5Parkland Medical CenterDerry, NH · Acute care120 min4310.5%7.7%15.5%0.870.9486Compare
7The Memorial HospitalNorth Conway, NH · Critical access121 min44—12.2%15.4%——25Compare
8Concord Hospital- FranklinFranklin, NH · Critical access130 min————15.6%——25Compare
T9Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH · Acute care132 min34—10.3%14.6%0.980.86122Compare
T9Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH · Acute care132 min3310.9%13.1%15.4%0.941.02209Compare
T11Speare Memorial HospitalPlymouth, NH · Critical access136 min34—12.1%15.0%——25Compare
T11Monadnock Community HospitalPeterborough, NH · Critical access136 min24—13.1%14.9%——25Compare
13Littleton Regional HealthcareLittleton, NH · Critical access137 min15——15.2%——25Compare
14New London HospitalNew London, NH · Critical access160 min34—10.7%15.9%——25Compare
15Valley Regional HospitalClaremont, NH · Critical access163 min3——11.9%14.4%——25Compare
16Huggins HospitalWolfeboro, NH · Critical access169 min44—10.5%15.0%——25Compare
17Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · Acute care197 min3310.7%12.5%15.6%0.940.97143Compare
18St Joseph HospitalNashua, NH · Acute care202 min4311.0%12.9%14.5%0.921.02208Compare
19Exeter Hospital IncExeter, NH · Acute care206 min4314.5%10.9%14.0%1.000.97100Compare
20Cheshire Medical CenterKeene, NH · Acute care214 min4312.2%11.5%14.9%1.010.97169Compare
21Southern NH Medical CenterNashua, NH · Acute care218 min2313.8%10.5%15.6%1.020.98188Compare
22Catholic Medical CenterManchester, NH · Acute care221 min4310.1%9.0%15.7%1.390.97330Compare
23Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · Acute care242 min4410.2%11.6%15.2%0.750.94178Compare
24Concord HospitalConcord, NH · Acute care243 min3313.5%12.6%15.2%0.961.00295Compare
25Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · Acute care264 min3311.3%10.4%15.2%1.181.02396Compare
26Elliot HospitalManchester, NH · Acute care291 min2414.2%12.9%15.4%1.311.01296Compare

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).