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Hospitals in Vermont with the lowest time in emergency department

9 Vermont hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Grace Cottage Hospital, Copley Hospital, Central Vermont Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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9 hospitals ranked in Vermont by time in emergency department; 8 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
1Grace Cottage HospitalTownshend, VT · Critical access107 min————14.8%——19Compare
2Copley HospitalMorrisville, VT · Critical access132 min2512.1%14.5%14.9%——25Compare
3Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre, VT · Acute care168 min3410.8%10.0%15.3%1.740.85175Compare
4Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro, VT · Acute care171 min33—11.4%14.4%0.950.97104Compare
5Northwestern Medical Center IncSaint Albans, VT · Acute care175 min4310.9%12.6%14.0%1.180.8870Compare
6Porter Hospital IncMiddlebury, VT · Critical access176 min33—11.6%14.7%——45Compare
7Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland, VT · Acute care190 min3411.9%13.7%14.7%1.380.95301Compare
8Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington, VT · Acute care202 min34—9.7%15.8%0.810.96180Compare
9University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington, VT · Acute care259 min4412.0%13.0%14.7%1.340.97615Compare

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).