Critical Access hospitals in Alabama

Critical Access hospitals › Alabama

Alabama has 9 Critical Access hospitals. 8 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 1 hr 59 min.

A Critical Access Hospital is a Medicare designation for a small rural hospital. To qualify, a hospital keeps no more than 25 inpatient beds, sits a set distance from the next nearest hospital, keeps an average inpatient stay of 96 hours or less, and provides emergency care 24 hours a day. The designation exists to keep emergency care within reach in places too small to support a full general hospital, and it changes how Medicare pays them.

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Ochsner Choctaw General	Butler	1 hr 59 min	—
Washington County Hospital	Chatom	not reported	—
Medical Center Barbour	Eufaula	2 hr 37 min	—
Wiregrass Medical Center	Geneva	59 min	—
Lakeland Community Hospital	Haleyville	not reported	—
Crenshaw Community Hospital	Luverne	1 hr 48 min	—
St Vincents Blount	Oneonta	2 hr 12 min	—
Red Bay Hospital	Red Bay	2 hr 11 min	—
Tanner Medical Center-East Alabama	Wedowee	1 hr 36 min	—

Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Alabama, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.