The following hospitals have an average emergency department length of stay of less than 139 minutes, as reported on CMS' Hospital Compare website.
The times represent the average number of minutes patients spend in the ED before being admitted to the hospital as an inpatient.
Times were gathered from October 2014 through September 2015. The national average ED wait times prior to admittance is 280 minutes.
Note: Hospitals with sample sizes of less than 100 and located in Puerto Rico were excluded from consideration for this list.
1. Woman's Hospital of Texas (Houston) — 68 minutes
2. Woman's Hospital (Baton Rouge, La.) — 69 minutes
3. Nocona (Texas) General Hospital — 85 minutes
4. Morton County Hospital (Elkhart, Kan.) — 87 minutes
5. Stevens Community Medical Center (Morris, Minn.) — 90 minutes
6. Mobridge (S.D.) Regional Hospital — 93 minutes
7. Essentia Health Fosston (Minn.) — 93 minutes
8. Hamlin (Texas) Memorial Hospital — 95 minutes
9. Seymour (Texas) Hospital — 95 minutes
10. Carrington (N.D.) Health Center — 98 minutes
11. Community Hospital, Onaga and St. Mary's Campus (Onaga, Kan.) — 101 minutes
12. Pacifica Hospital of the Valley (Sun Valley, Calif.) — 101 minutes
13. Women's Hospital (Newburgh, Ind.) — 101 minutes
14. Bigfork (Minn.) Valley Hospital — 102 minutes
15. Elkview General Hospital (Hobart, Okla.) — 106 minutes
16. Anthony (Kan.) Medical Center — 106 minutes
17. Beaver Valley Hospital (Beaver, Utah) — 110 minutes
18. Southeast Colorado Hospital (Springfield) — 114 minutes
19. Yuma (Colo.) District Hospital — 116 minutes
20. Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota (Sioux Falls) — 117 minutes
21. Municipal Hospital and Granite Manor (Granite Falls, Minn.) — 118 minutes
22. St. Josephs Health Services (Hillsboro, Wis.) — 119 minutes
23. Irwin County Hospital (Ocilla, Ga.) — 120 minutes
24. Coffey County Hospital (Burlington, Kan.) — 120 minutes
25. Russell (Kan.) Regional Hospital — 120 minutes
26. CentraCare Health System-Melrose (Minn.) Hospital — 121 minutes
27. Barnes-Kasson County Hospital (Susquehanna, Pa.) — 123 minutes
28. Cumberland County Hospital (Burkesville, Ky.) — 124 minutes
29. CHI Health Missouri Valley (Iowa) — 124 minutes
30. Fredonia (Kan.) Regional Hospital — 125 minutes
31. Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems (Beloit, Kan.) — 125 minutes
32. Harmon Memorial Hospital (Hollis, Okla.) — 125 minutes
33. Fitzgibbon Hospital (Marshall, Mo.) — 126 minutes
34. Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (Providence) — 127 minutes
35. Amery (Wis.) Hospital & Clinic — 127 minutes
36. CentraCare Health System-Long Prairie (Minn.) — 128 minutes
37. Cumberland (Wis.) Memorial Hospital — 129 minutes
38. CentraCare Health System-Paynesville (Minn.) — 130 minutes
39. Memorial Hospital & Physician Group (Frederick, Okla.) — 130 minutes
40. Clarinda (Iowa) Regional Health center — 130 minutes
41. Swisher Memorial Hospital (Tulia, Texas) — 131 minutes
42. Georgiana (Ala.) Medical Center — 131 minutes
43. Drumright (Okla.) Regional Hospital — 132 minutes
44. Sumner Regional Medical Center (Wellington, Kan.) — 133 minutes
45. Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski — 134 minutes
46. Lamb Healthcare Center (Littlefield, Texas) — 135 minutes
47. Lakewood Health Center (Baudette, Minn.) — 136 minutes
48. CentraCare Health System-Sauk Centre (Minn.) — 136 minutes
49. Latimer County General Hospital (Wilburton, Okla.) — 136 minutes
50. Monroe County Medical Center (Tompkinsville, Ky.) — 138 minutes
51. Carroll County Memorial Hospital (Carrollton, Mo.) — 138 minutes
52. Memorial Hospital (Stilwell, Okla.) — 138 minutes
53. Childress (Texas) Regional Medical Center — 138 minutes
54. Lisbon (N.D.) Area Health Services — 138 minutes