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Hospitals in North Carolina with the lowest time in emergency department

94 North Carolina 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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94 hospitals ranked in North Carolina by time in emergency department; 26 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
T49Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · Acute care190 min1212.5%12.4%15.3%0.860.94105Compare
T52Granville Health SystemsOxford, NC · Acute care191 min23—12.1%14.9%1.370.8962Compare
T52Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · Acute care191 min1210.7%12.0%15.1%0.930.95317Compare
T54Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · Acute care192 min4312.6%10.8%15.3%1.040.95442Compare
T54Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · Acute care192 min44—9.6%14.6%1.130.94112Compare
T54Person Memorial HospitalRoxboro, NC · Acute care192 min3——12.8%14.7%1.170.9250Compare
T54Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · Acute care192 min3411.9%9.3%15.1%0.960.95117Compare
T54Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · Acute care192 min—4—8.4%14.5%0.970.9236Compare
T59Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · Acute care193 min3310.5%12.6%15.1%0.940.98178Compare
T59Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County HospitalElizabethtown, NC · Critical access193 min————15.0%——35Compare
61UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · Acute care194 min4311.1%8.2%15.8%0.850.94235Compare
62Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · Acute care195 min3313.3%10.9%15.2%0.960.93104Compare
T63WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · Acute care196 min5314.0%11.3%14.6%1.040.98156Compare
T63Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · Acute care196 min438.7%9.4%14.8%0.880.98843Compare
65UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · Acute care200 min4311.6%11.4%14.8%0.960.95332Compare
T66FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · Acute care201 min4410.6%11.4%15.0%0.930.92395Compare
T66NMC Camp LejeuneCamp Lejeune, NC · Military201 min—4——————Compare
68Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · Acute care202 min5410.5%8.2%14.7%1.190.93425Compare
T69Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · Acute care204 min439.7%11.4%14.5%0.880.9475Compare
T69WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · Acute care204 min4413.7%11.4%13.9%0.990.97678Compare
T69Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · Acute care204 min3212.9%13.6%13.7%1.010.94769Compare
T72Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · Acute care205 min44—9.1%15.3%0.940.7241Compare
T72Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · Acute care205 min4311.3%14.1%14.1%0.780.97308Compare
T72Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · Acute care205 min3312.2%11.4%14.3%1.081.03110Compare
75Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · Acute care206 min4310.8%10.9%14.2%0.930.95912Compare
76The Outer Banks Hospital, IncNags Head, NC · Critical access208 min44—9.5%15.3%——19Compare
77Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · Acute care210 min3311.5%9.9%14.3%0.860.93108Compare
78ECU Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · Acute care212 min2211.7%9.5%14.6%0.920.99206Compare
T79Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · Acute care216 min4414.8%11.7%14.1%0.860.89314Compare
T79Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · Acute care216 min43—14.0%14.4%0.970.90145Compare
T79Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · Acute care216 min2313.4%10.2%15.4%1.060.98600Compare
82Chatham Hospital IncSiler City, NC · Critical access222 min44—12.5%14.0%——68Compare
83Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · Acute care224 min3311.9%10.4%13.9%1.080.941,232Compare
84Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · Acute care225 min2413.7%14.4%15.7%1.090.92117Compare
T85Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · Acute care228 min3214.9%9.8%13.7%1.270.93238Compare
T85Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · Acute care228 min2414.9%17.3%14.2%0.930.96258Compare
87Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · Acute care239 min34—16.2%15.8%1.020.9983Compare
88Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · Acute care244 min5310.3%7.1%13.6%0.910.91102Compare
89High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · Acute care247 min2311.1%10.4%15.5%0.930.95354Compare
90Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · Acute care248 min2313.4%11.6%16.1%0.900.89314Compare
91Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care255 min5411.5%11.7%14.1%0.980.89391Compare
92UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · Acute care268 min5411.4%10.6%14.9%0.920.95724Compare
93ECU Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · Acute care289 min2313.0%13.4%15.9%0.880.99909Compare
94Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · Acute care317 min5410.4%9.1%14.9%1.100.951,019Compare

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).