Alabama emergency room wait times

ER wait times › Alabama

Across 82 Alabama hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 27 min — 3 min shorter than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Wiregrass Medical Center at 59 min.

Medians over a full year, for patients treated and discharged rather than admitted. Busy hospitals treat sicker patients, so a longer wait is not by itself a mark against a hospital. How this measure works.

#	Hospital	City	Median wait	Left before seen	ER volume	CMS rating
1	Wiregrass Medical Center	Geneva	59 min	—	—	—
2	Clay County Hospital	Ashland	1 hr 31 min	0%	low	—
3	Lakeland Community Hospital	Haleyville	1 hr 36 min	2%	low	3/5
4	Carraway Burdick West Med Ctr	Haleyville	1 hr 36 min	2%	low	3/5
5	Tanner Medical Center-East Alabama	Wedowee	1 hr 36 min	0%	low	—
6	Hale County Hospital	Greensboro	1 hr 40 min	4%	low	—
7	Russellville Hospital	Russellville	1 hr 41 min	1%	low	4/5
8	Shoals Hospital	Muscle Shoals	1 hr 43 min	1%	low	—
9	Community Hospital INC	Tallassee	1 hr 44 min	2%	low	—
10	Marion Regional Medical Center	Hamilton	1 hr 44 min	2%	low	3/5
11	Crenshaw Community Hospital	Luverne	1 hr 48 min	—	—	—
12	Elmore Community Hospital	Wetumpka	1 hr 50 min	3%	low	—
13	Wiregrass Medical Center	Geneva	1 hr 50 min	4%	low	—
14	Troy Regional Medical Center	Troy	1 hr 52 min	1%	medium	4/5
15	Fayette Medical Center	Fayette	1 hr 53 min	3%	low	4/5
16	L V Stabler Memorial Hospital	Greenville	1 hr 55 min	1%	low	—
17	Lake Martin Community Hospital	Dadeville	1 hr 56 min	0%	low	—
18	Citizens Baptist Medical Center	Talladega	1 hr 58 min	1%	low	1/5
19	Evergreen Medical Center	Evergreen	1 hr 58 min	2%	low	3/5
20	Bryan W Whitfield Mem Hosp INC	Demopolis	1 hr 59 min	0%	low	2/5
21	Ochsner Choctaw General	Butler	1 hr 59 min	1%	low	—
22	Cherokee Medical Center	Centre	2 hr 3 min	0%	low	—
23	Coosa Valley Medical Center	Sylacauga	2 hr 4 min	0%	medium	3/5
24	Jackson Medical Center	Jackson	2 hr 4 min	6%	low	—
25	Atmore Community Hospital	Atmore	2 hr 6 min	3%	low	3/5
26	Greene County Hospital	Eutaw	2 hr 8 min	1%	low	—
27	Summit Hospital	Phenix City	2 hr 9 min	1%	low	4/5
28	Northwest Medical Center	Winfield	2 hr 10 min	4%	low	4/5
29	Mizell Memorial Hospital	Opp	2 hr 10 min	1%	low	1/5
30	Bibb Medical Center	Centreville	2 hr 10 min	3%	low	—
31	Red Bay Hospital	Red Bay	2 hr 11 min	1%	low	—
32	St Vincents Blount	Oneonta	2 hr 12 min	2%	low	—
33	Jackson Hospital & Clinic INC	Montgomery	2 hr 18 min	1%	high	2/5
34	Russell Hospital	Alexander City	2 hr 18 min	2%	medium	3/5
35	South Baldwin Regional Medical Center	Foley	2 hr 20 min	2%	high	4/5
36	Hill Hospital of Sumter County	York	2 hr 21 min	2%	low	—
37	Medical Center Enterprise	Enterprise	2 hr 22 min	1%	medium	4/5
38	Marshall Medical Center South	Boaz	2 hr 23 min	3%	very high	3/5
39	Marshall Medical Center South	Boaz	2 hr 23 min	3%	very high	3/5
40	Springhill Medical Center	Mobile	2 hr 27 min	2%	high	3/5
41	Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital	Florence	2 hr 27 min	1%	high	2/5
42	Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System	Bessemer	2 hr 27 min	2%	medium	3/5
43	Dale Medical Center	Ozark	2 hr 28 min	2%	low	—
44	Dale Medical Center	Ozark	2 hr 28 min	2%	low	—
45	Cullman Regional Medical Center	Cullman	2 hr 32 min	1%	high	2/5
46	St Vincent's St Clair	Pell City	2 hr 34 min	—	—	3/5
47	Walker Baptist Medical Center	Jasper	2 hr 35 min	3%	medium	3/5
48	Riverview Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	2 hr 35 min	2%	medium	3/5
49	Medical Center Barbour	Eufaula	2 hr 37 min	8%	low	—
50	St Vincent's East	Birmingham	2 hr 38 min	—	—	3/5
51	Brookwood Medical Center	Birmingham	2 hr 38 min	2%	medium	3/5
52	Decatur General Hospital	Decatur	2 hr 40 min	1%	high	3/5
53	Vaughan Reg Med Center Parkway Campus	Selma	2 hr 44 min	2%	medium	2/5
54	Crestwood Medical Center	Huntsville	2 hr 44 min	0%	high	3/5
55	Dekalb Regional Medical Center	Fort Payne	2 hr 44 min	2%	medium	2/5
56	Princeton Baptist Medical Center	Birmingham	2 hr 44 min	1%	medium	3/5
57	St Vincent's Chilton	Clanton	2 hr 44 min	—	—	—
58	D W McMillan Memorial Hospital	Brewton	2 hr 46 min	4%	low	1/5
59	Grove Hill Memorial Hospital	Grove Hill	2 hr 46 min	2%	low	—
60	Andalusia Regional Hospital	Andalusia	2 hr 52 min	3%	low	2/5
61	Trinity Medical Center	Birmingham	2 hr 54 min	1%	very high	3/5
62	Highlands Medical Center	Scottsboro	2 hr 56 min	3%	low	3/5
63	Athens-Limestone Hospital	Athens	2 hr 58 min	2%	medium	2/5
64	North Baldwin Infirmary	Bay Minette	3 hr	4%	low	3/5
65	Shelby Baptist Medical Center	Alabaster	3 hr 2 min	2%	medium	2/5
66	Mobile Infirmary	Mobile	3 hr 5 min	4%	medium	2/5
67	Helen Keller Memorial Hospital	Sheffield	3 hr 8 min	3%	medium	2/5
68	Thomas Hospital	Fairhope	3 hr 8 min	5%	medium	2/5
69	East Alabama Medical Center and Snf	Opelika	3 hr 20 min	5%	high	3/5
70	Gadsden Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	3 hr 21 min	2%	medium	2/5
71	Prattville Baptist Hospital	Prattville	3 hr 24 min	6%	medium	3/5
72	Univ of South Alabama Medical Center	Mobile	3 hr 31 min	2%	medium	2/5
73	University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	3 hr 31 min	2%	very high	2/5
74	Providence Hospital	Mobile	3 hr 32 min	6%	medium	3/5
75	Southeast Alabama Medical Center	Dothan	3 hr 32 min	3%	very high	4/5
76	Baptist Medical Center South	Montgomery	3 hr 40 min	2%	high	2/5
77	Flowers Hospital	Dothan	3 hr 47 min	5%	high	2/5
78	D C H Regional Medical Center	Tuscaloosa	3 hr 57 min	4%	very high	2/5
79	Huntsville Hospital	Huntsville	3 hr 58 min	1%	very high	3/5
80	Baptist Medical Center East	Montgomery	3 hr 59 min	6%	high	4/5
81	St Vincent's Birmingham	Birmingham	4 hr 3 min	—	—	3/5
82	Northeast Alabama Regional Med Center	Anniston	4 hr 4 min	4%	medium	1/5

Source: CMS measure OP_18b, published July 2026. Hospitals with too few cases to report are not listed here; they still have a page in the Alabama directory. Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.