Critical Access hospitals in Pennsylvania

Critical Access hospitals › Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 17 Critical Access hospitals. 17 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 2 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
Brookville Hospital	Brookville	2 hr 15 min	4/5
Corry Memorial Hospital	Corry	2 hr 35 min	—
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital	Coudersport	2 hr 27 min	4/5
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center	Hastings	2 hr 6 min	—
Jersey Shore Hospital	Jersey Shore	2 hr 2 min	3/5
UPMC Kane	Kane	1 hr 42 min	—
Fulton County Medical Center	McConnellsburg	1 hr 42 min	3/5
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center	Meyersdale	1 hr 24 min	—
Montrose General Hospital	Montrose	2 hr	1/5
Muncy Valley Hospital	Muncy	1 hr 55 min	4/5
Bucktail Medical Center	Renovo	1 hr 22 min	—
Penn Highlands Elk	Saint Marys	3 hr 8 min	4/5
Barnes-Kasson County Hospital	Susquehanna	1 hr 20 min	—
Titusville Area Hospital	Titusville	2 hr 18 min	2/5
Troy Community Hospital	Troy	2 hr 20 min	4/5
Penn Highlands Tyrone	Tyrone	1 hr 44 min	—
UPMC Wellsboro	Wellsboro	3 hr 12 min	3/5

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