Alaska emergency room wait times

ER wait times › Alaska

Across 19 Alaska hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 14 min — 16 min shorter than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital at 1 hr 38 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	Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital	Dillingham	1 hr 38 min	0%	low	—
2	Providence Kodiak Island Medical Ctr	Kodiak	1 hr 49 min	0%	low	—
3	Providence Seward Hospital	Seward	1 hr 54 min	1%	low	—
4	Alaska Native Medical Center	Anchorage	2 hr 2 min	3%	high	2/5
5	673rd Medical Group (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson)	Jber	2 hr 4 min	1%	medium	—
6	Petersburg Medical Center	Petersburg	2 hr 6 min	1%	low	—
7	Providence Valdez Medical Center	Valdez	2 hr 8 min	0%	low	—
8	Ketchikan General Hospital	Ketchikan	2 hr 10 min	0%	low	4/5
9	Cordova Community Medical Center	Cordova	2 hr 10 min	0%	low	—
10	Mat-Su Regional Medical Center	Palmer	2 hr 14 min	0%	medium	3/5
11	Valley Hospital	Palmer	2 hr 14 min	0%	medium	3/5
12	Alaska Regional Hospital	Anchorage	2 hr 15 min	0%	high	1/5
13	South Peninsula Hospital	Homer	2 hr 17 min	0%	low	—
14	Bassett Ach (Ft Wainwright)	Fort Wainwright	2 hr 19 min	1%	low	—
15	Central Peninsula General Hospital	Soldotna	2 hr 26 min	1%	low	2/5
16	Bartlett Regional Hospital	Juneau	2 hr 49 min	1%	low	4/5
17	Fairbanks Memorial Hospital	Fairbanks	2 hr 52 min	1%	medium	2/5
18	Providence Alaska Medical Center	Anchorage	3 hr 1 min	3%	high	3/5
19	Providence Alaska Medical Ctr	Anchorage	3 hr 1 min	3%	high	3/5

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 Alaska directory. Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.