Alaska ER wait times by hospital
How long a typical emergency room visit lasts at 17 Alaska hospitals, from arrival to going home, ranked shortest to longest.
In an emergency, call 911. These are yearly medians, not live wait times. Don't pick an ER from this list when someone needs help now.
Alaska median
2 hr 10 min
−18 min vs US US median is 2 hr 28 min
Under 2 hours
3 ERs
0 take 4 hours or more
Alaska emergency rooms ranked by median visit time
Times are for patients treated and sent home, not admitted. The bar shows each ER against the slowest in the state; the tick marks the Alaska median.
How to read this list
Each time is the median for a full year, so half of visits were shorter and half longer. Busy hospitals treat sicker patients, so a longer time is not by itself a mark against a hospital. "Left before seen" is the share of patients who walked out before a clinician saw them. How this measure works.
Showing all 17 hospitals
| # | Hospital | Median visit | Left before seen | ER volume | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak HospitalDillingham 0% left before seen Low volume | 1 hr 38 min 32 min faster | 0% | Low | Not rated |
| 2 | Providence Kodiak Island Medical CtrKodiak 0% left before seen Low volume | 1 hr 49 min 21 min faster | 0% | Low | Not rated |
| 3 | Providence Seward HospitalSeward 1% left before seen Low volume | 1 hr 54 min 16 min faster | 1% | Low | Not rated |
| 4 | Alaska Native Medical CenterAnchorage 3% left before seen High volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 2 min 8 min faster | 3% | High | |
| 5 | 673rd Medical Group (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson)Jber 1% left before seen Medium volume | 2 hr 4 min 6 min faster | 1% | Medium | Not rated |
| 6 | Petersburg Medical CenterPetersburg 1% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 6 min 4 min faster | 1% | Low | Not rated |
| 7 | Providence Valdez Medical CenterValdez 0% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 8 min 2 min faster | 0% | Low | Not rated |
| 8 | Ketchikan General HospitalKetchikan 0% left before seen Low volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 10 min At state median | 0% | Low | |
| 9 | Cordova Community Medical CenterCordova 0% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 10 min At state median | 0% | Low | Not rated |
| 10 | Mat-Su Regional Medical CenterPalmer 0% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 14 min 4 min slower | 0% | Medium | |
| 11 | Alaska Regional HospitalAnchorage 0% left before seen High volume ★ 1/5 CMS | 2 hr 15 min 5 min slower | 0% | High | |
| 12 | South Peninsula HospitalHomer 0% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 17 min 7 min slower | 0% | Low | Not rated |
| 13 | Bassett Ach (Ft Wainwright)Fort Wainwright 1% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 19 min 9 min slower | 1% | Low | Not rated |
| 14 | Central Peninsula General HospitalSoldotna 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 26 min 16 min slower | 1% | Low | |
| 15 | Bartlett Regional HospitalJuneau 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 49 min 39 min slower | 1% | Low | |
| 16 | Fairbanks Memorial HospitalFairbanks 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 52 min 42 min slower | 1% | Medium | |
| 17 | Providence Alaska Medical CenterAnchorage 3% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 1 min 51 min slower | 3% | High |
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Questions about Alaska ER wait times
Which Alaska ER has the shortest wait?
Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital in Dillingham, with a median visit of 1 hr 38 min. Providence Kodiak Island Medical Ctr in Kodiak is next at 1 hr 49 min.
Which Alaska ER has the longest wait?
Providence Alaska Medical Center, at 3 hr 1 min. The busiest emergency departments tend to have the longest visits because they treat more patients and more complex cases.
How long is the average ER visit in Alaska?
The median is 2 hr 10 min, 18 min shorter than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. 3 of 17 Alaska ERs come in under two hours and 0 take four hours or more.
Are these live wait times?
No. They are 12-month medians for patients who were treated and sent home, published by CMS. They show what is typical, not what is happening tonight. In an emergency, call 911.
Why are big hospitals slower?
Low-volume Alaska ERs have a median visit of 2 hr 10 min. High and very-high-volume ERs come in at 2 hr 15 min. Large hospitals see more patients and sicker ones, and many are trauma centers.
Source: CMS Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting, measure OP-18b (median time from ED arrival to departure for discharged patients), published July 2026. Updated when CMS publishes new data.
Hospitals with too few cases to report are not listed; they still have a page in the Alaska hospital directory. Campuses that CMS reports under one facility number appear once. Not affiliated with CMS.