The following is a list of hospitals with an average emergency department length of stay of less than 140 minutes as listed on Hospital Compare. Times represent the average number of minutes patients spent in the ED before they were admitted to the hospital as in inpatient.
The times were gathered between October 2013 and September 2014 and are published in Hospital Compare's Emergency Department Care Measures dataset. The national average admitted ED patient length of stay is 273 minutes.
Note: Hospitals with sample sizes of less than 100 were excluded from the creation of this list.
The Woman's Hospital of Texas (Houston) — 53 minutes
Graham County Hospital (Hilly City, Kan.) — 74 minutes
Woman's Hospital (Baton Rouge, La.) — 82 minutes
Morton County Hospital (Elkhart, Kan.) — 86 minutes
Madison (Minn.) Hospital — 90 minutes
Mobridge (S.D.) Regional Hospital — 90 minutes
The Women's Hospital (Newburgh, Ind.) — 92 minutes
Nocona (Texas) General Hospital — 92 minutes
Hospital District No. 6 of Harper County (Anthony, Kan.) — 94 minutes
Stevens Community Medical Center (Morris, Minn.) — 94 minutes
Seymour (Texas) Hospital — 95 minutes
Bigfork (Minn.) Valley Hospital — 105 minutes
Carrington (N.D.) Health Center — 107 minutes
Beaver (Utah) Valley Hospital — 110 minutes
Elkview General Hospital (Hobart, Okla.) — 115 minutes
Coffey County Hospital (Burlington, Kan.) — 116 minutes
Municipal Hospital and Granite Manor (Granite Falls, Minn.) — 118 minutes
Fitzgibbon Hospital (Marshall, Minn.) — 118 minutes
Community Hospital-Onaga (Kan.)/St. Marys — 120 minutes
Fredonia (Kan.) Regional Hospital — 120 minutes
CentraCare Health System-Melrose (Minn.) Hospital — 120 minutes
Drumright (Okla.) Regional Hospital — 121 minutes
Southeast Colorado Hospital (Springfield) — 124 minutes
St. Joseph's Health Services (Hillsboro, Wis.) — 124 minutes
Latimer County General Hospital (Wilburton, Okla.) — 125 minutes
Irwin County Hospital (Ocilla, Ga.) — 126 minutes
Sumner Regional Medical Center (Wellington, Kan.) — 126 minutes
Georgiana (Ala.) Medical Center — 127 minutes
North Valley Health Center (Warren, Minn.) — 127 minutes
Grant Regional Health Center (Lancaster, Wis.) — 127 minutes
Memorial Hospital & Physician Group (Frederick, Okla.) — 128 minutes
Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (Providence) — 128 minutes
Memorial Hospital (Stilwell, Okla.) — 129 minutes
Lamb Healthcare Center (Littlefield, Texas) — 130 minutes
Cumberland (Wis.) Memorial Hospital — 130 minutes
Barnes-Kasson County Hospital (Susquehanna, Pa.) — 131 minutes
Cumberland River Hospital (Celina, Tenn.) — 131 minutes
Cumberland County Hospital (Burkesville, Ky.) — 132 minutes
Lisbon (N.D.) Area Health Services — 133 minutes
Ellsworth (Kan.) County Medical Center — 135 minutes
Childress (Texas) Regional Medical Center — 135 minutes
Monroe County Medical Center (Tompkinsville, Ky.) — 136 minutes
Pipestone (Minn.) County Medical Center — 136 minutes
Sayre (Okla.) Memorial Hospital — 136 minutes
Winona (Minn.) Health Services — 137 minutes
Sturgis (S.D.) Regional Hospital — 137 minutes
J. Paul Jones Hospital (Camden, Ala.) — 138 minutes
Harrisburg (Ill.) Medical Center — 138 minutes
Prairie Lakes Hospital (Watertown, S.D.) — 138 minutes
Herington (Kan.) Municipal Hospital — 139 minutes
Community Medical Center (Falls City, Neb.) — 139 minutes