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Hospitals in New Jersey with the lowest time in emergency department

60 New Jersey 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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60 hospitals ranked in New Jersey by time in emergency department; 18 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
51St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · Acute care217 min3212.4%8.9%15.4%0.731.10566Compare
52CentraState Medical CenterFreehold, NJ · Acute care219 min4310.3%8.4%15.8%1.221.07273Compare
53University Medical Center Of Princeton At PlainsboroPlainsboro, NJ · Acute care221 min4311.0%9.8%14.8%0.851.00375Compare
T54Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · Acute care222 min3—10.9%10.8%15.9%1.471.03242Compare
T54Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterHoboken, NJ · Acute care222 min12—11.6%14.9%1.431.17333Compare
56Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · Acute care227 min4413.0%12.9%14.9%1.211.03431Compare
57Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair, NJ · Acute care229 min4212.5%9.5%15.1%0.941.08328Compare
58Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington, NJ · Acute care230 min4311.3%9.9%16.3%0.940.98184Compare
59Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · Acute care250 min5310.7%8.5%13.6%0.691.04735Compare
60The University HospitalNewark, NJ · Acute care307 min12—12.1%15.6%0.951.11519Compare

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).