Federal hospital records · Oct 2024 to Sep 2025

How long will you actually spend in the ER?

Every hospital that takes Medicare has to report how long patients spend in its emergency room. The government publishes it. Almost nobody reads it. So we put all 4,081 ERs on a map.

2h 28mUS median

42mfastest ER

6h 53mslowest ER

Fastest ERs in America

1Mille Lacs Health SystemOnamia, MNFaster than 99% of US ERs42min the ER 2Coteau Des Prairies Health Care SystemSisseton, SDFaster than 99% of US ERs44min the ER 3Rio Grande HospitalDel Norte, COFaster than 99% of US ERs45min the ER 4Cuba Memorial Hospital, IncCuba, NYFaster than 99% of US ERs48min the ER 5Family Health West HospitalFruita, COFaster than 99% of US ERs48min the ER

Slowest ERs in America

1Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CAFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 53min the ER 2Manati Medical Center Dr Otero LopezManati, PRFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 21min the ER 3Medstar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DCFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 17min the ER 4Rush University Medical CenterChicago, ILFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 10min the ER 5Medstar Franklin Square Medical CenterRosedale, MDFaster than 0% of US ERs6h 07min the ER

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ER wait times by state

Alabama2h 27m Alaska2h 10m Arizona3h 00m Arkansas2h 10m California2h 54m Colorado2h 14m Connecticut3h 18m Delaware4h 12m Florida2h 29m Georgia2h 42m Guam2h 36m Hawaii2h 15m Idaho2h 09m Illinois2h 53m Indiana2h 20m Iowa2h 00m Kansas1h 57m Kentucky2h 21m Louisiana2h 06m Maine2h 38m Maryland4h 03m Massachusetts3h 34m Michigan2h 38m Minnesota2h 06m Mississippi2h 05m Missouri2h 31m Montana1h 56m Nebraska1h 54m Nevada2h 32m New Hampshire2h 40m New Jersey3h 07m New Mexico2h 48m New York3h 24m North Carolina3h 07m North Dakota1h 45m Ohio2h 35m Oklahoma2h 02m Oregon2h 37m Pennsylvania3h 08m Puerto Rico4h 39m Rhode Island3h 45m South Carolina2h 40m South Dakota1h 52m Tennessee2h 42m Texas2h 17m Utah2h 09m Vermont2h 55m Virginia2h 42m Washington2h 47m Washington, DC5h 45m West Virginia2h 21m Wisconsin2h 16m Wyoming2h 00m

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Data: CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. Not medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.
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Under 2h2 to 4h4h+Median time in the ER, walk-in to walk-out