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Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest time in emergency department

137 Pennsylvania 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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137 hospitals ranked in Pennsylvania by time in emergency department; 49 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
101Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care222 min2213.3%10.5%14.5%0.881.06203Compare
102Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby, PA · Acute care223 min2211.7%7.8%15.0%1.361.04183Compare
T103UPMC HanoverHanover, PA · Acute care225 min4312.6%8.9%15.9%1.141.01100Compare
T103UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · Acute care225 min4312.7%10.9%14.5%0.991.08435Compare
105Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · Acute care228 min4411.0%10.9%15.5%0.730.95245Compare
106St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville, PA · Acute care229 min4311.2%10.4%14.8%0.790.97250Compare
107Reading HospitalWest Reading, PA · Acute care230 min4310.3%8.5%15.4%1.171.02744Compare
108Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · Acute care231 min3311.6%9.4%15.1%0.890.99142Compare
T109Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoEast Stroudsburg, PA · Acute care232 min3310.1%11.7%14.9%0.860.99264Compare
T109Penn State Health St. JosephReading, PA · Acute care232 min3311.4%10.9%15.6%0.831.05180Compare
111UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · Acute care233 min34—9.2%15.3%0.951.01250Compare
T112UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA · Acute care234 min4311.0%7.6%15.1%1.401.011,577Compare
T112Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale, PA · Acute care234 min3211.7%11.0%15.9%0.850.97140Compare
T112Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care234 min2211.3%8.9%16.9%1.050.99148Compare
115Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care236 min3311.3%8.9%16.2%1.461.00925Compare
116St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne, PA · Acute care237 min2211.3%10.3%16.6%0.971.07373Compare
117Chester County HospitalWest Chester, PA · Acute care241 min5411.0%11.0%14.5%0.830.97329Compare
118The Washington HospitalWashington, PA · Acute care242 min4312.4%12.0%15.3%0.980.99260Compare
119Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care243 min4312.1%8.6%15.8%0.991.02891Compare
120UPMC EastMonroeville, PA · Acute care245 min4311.1%10.2%15.0%0.881.00155Compare
121Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill, PA · Acute care252 min3212.7%11.3%15.3%0.981.11240Compare
122Wellspan York HospitalYork, PA · Acute care254 min4310.8%9.3%14.3%1.021.01590Compare
T123Wellspan Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg, PA · Acute care256 min4412.8%9.7%14.7%1.600.91131Compare
T123Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington, PA · Acute care256 min3211.3%8.2%17.1%0.930.97667Compare
T125Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · Acute care261 min4312.0%9.2%15.3%0.871.05631Compare
T125Forbes HospitalMonroeville, PA · Acute care261 min3311.6%8.8%16.5%1.081.03314Compare
127UPMC MemorialYork, PA · Acute care266 min4311.6%10.4%14.8%1.271.10104Compare
128Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care268 min3210.7%7.9%15.4%1.071.05783Compare
129Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA · Acute care274 min3311.5%11.3%14.7%1.051.05524Compare
130Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care280 min4311.1%6.4%15.8%0.821.01475Compare
131Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care290 min5412.5%8.7%14.4%0.661.03782Compare
132Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton, PA · Acute care297 min4310.5%12.1%15.6%0.661.04195Compare
133Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · Acute care299 min4411.2%9.5%15.7%0.931.00370Compare
134Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · Acute care302 min4311.1%11.9%14.5%0.850.99243Compare
135Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care316 min2311.0%8.9%15.4%0.861.05464Compare
136Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · Acute care326 min4310.7%8.1%15.2%0.850.99305Compare
137Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · Acute care331 min1—13.1%10.9%15.9%1.571.09—Compare

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).