Connecticut ER wait times by hospital
How long a typical emergency room visit lasts at 26 Connecticut 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.
Connecticut median
3 hr 19 min
+51 min vs US US median is 2 hr 28 min
Under 2 hours
None
4 take 4 hours or more
Connecticut 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 Connecticut 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 the 25 shortest of 26 hospitals
| # | Hospital | Median visit | Left before seen | ER volume | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharon HospitalSharon 0% left before seen Low volume ★ 5/5 CMS | 2 hr 10 min 1 hr 9 min faster | 0% | Low | |
| 2 | Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London 1% left before seen Very high volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 11 min 1 hr 8 min faster | 1% | Very high | |
| 3 | Windham Comm Mem Hosp & Hatch HospWillimantic 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 18 min 1 hr 1 min faster | 1% | Medium | |
| 4 | Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport 1% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 20 min 59 min faster | 1% | Very high | |
| 5 | Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington 0% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 27 min 52 min faster | 0% | High | |
| 6 | Middlesex HospitalMiddletown 1% left before seen Very high volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 39 min 40 min faster | 1% | Very high | |
| 7 | Griffin HospitalDerby 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 45 min 34 min faster | 2% | Medium | |
| 8 | The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain 3% left before seen Very high volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 53 min 26 min faster | 3% | Very high | |
| 9 | William W Backus HospitalNorwich 1% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 54 min 25 min faster | 1% | Very high | |
| 10 | Greenwich Hospital AssociationGreenwich 1% left before seen High volume ★ 5/5 CMS | 2 hr 56 min 23 min faster | 1% | High | |
| 11 | Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 2 min 17 min faster | 1% | Low | |
| 12 | Bristol HospitalBristol 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 10 min 9 min faster | 3% | Medium | |
| 13 | Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven 2% left before seen Very high volume ★ 5/5 CMS | 3 hr 18 min 1 min faster | 2% | Very high | |
| 14 | Norwalk Hospital AssociationNorwalk 1% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 20 min 1 min slower | 1% | High | |
| 15 | Stamford HospitalStamford 2% left before seen Very high volume ★ 5/5 CMS | 3 hr 20 min 1 min slower | 2% | Very high | |
| 16 | Danbury HospitalDanbury 2% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 29 min 10 min slower | 2% | Very high | |
| 17 | Midstate Medical CenterMeriden 1% left before seen High volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 40 min 21 min slower | 1% | High | |
| 18 | Day Kimball HospitalPutnam 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 41 min 22 min slower | 1% | Low | |
| 19 | Manchester Memorial HospitalCentral Manchester 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 43 min 24 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 20 | Waterbury HospitalWaterbury 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 47 min 28 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 21 | St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport 2% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 48 min 29 min slower | 2% | Very high | |
| 22 | West Haven VA Medical CenterWest Haven 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 53 min 34 min slower | 1% | Low | |
| 23 | John Dempsey HospitalFarmington 1% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 4 hr 6 min 47 min slower | 1% | High | |
| 24 | Saint Marys HospitalWaterbury 5% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 4 hr 9 min 50 min slower | 5% | High | |
| 25 | Hartford HospitalHartford 0% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 4 hr 29 min 1 hr 10 min slower | 0% | Very high | |
| 26 | St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford 3% left before seen Very high volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 4 hr 35 min 1 hr 16 min slower | 3% | Very high |
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ER wait times in Connecticut's largest cities
Median visit time across the hospitals listed in each city. Pick a city to filter the list above.
| City | ERs | Median | Shortest in the city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 hr 4 min | Bridgeport Hospital · 2 hr 20 min | |
| 2 | 3 hr 58 min | Waterbury Hospital · 3 hr 47 min | |
| 2 | 4 hr 32 min | Hartford Hospital · 4 hr 29 min |
Questions about Connecticut ER wait times
Which Connecticut ER has the shortest wait?
Sharon Hospital in Sharon, with a median visit of 2 hr 10 min. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London is next at 2 hr 11 min.
Which Connecticut ER has the longest wait?
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center, at 4 hr 35 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 Connecticut?
The median is 3 hr 19 min, 51 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. None of the 26 Connecticut ERs comes in under two hours, and 4 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 Connecticut ERs have a median visit of 3 hr 22 min. High and very-high-volume ERs come in at 3 hr 20 min. Large hospitals see more patients and sicker ones, and many are trauma centers.
ER wait times in neighboring states
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 Connecticut hospital directory. Campuses that CMS reports under one facility number appear once. Not affiliated with CMS.