Hawaii emergency room wait times

ER wait times › Hawaii

Across 21 Hawaii hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 15 min — 15 min shorter than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Kula Hospital at 54 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	Kula Hospital	Kula	54 min	—	—	—
2	Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital	Kapaa	1 hr 1 min	0%	low	—
3	Honoka'a Hospital and Skilled Nursing	Honokaa	1 hr 4 min	0%	low	—
4	Kahuku Medical Center	Kahuku	1 hr 19 min	—	—	—
5	Kau Hospital	Pahala	1 hr 19 min	0%	low	—
6	Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital	Waimea	1 hr 19 min	0%	low	—
7	Lanai Community Hospital	Lanai City	1 hr 21 min	—	—	—
8	Kohala Hospital	Kapaau	1 hr 22 min	1%	low	—
9	Molokai General Hospital	Kaunakakai	1 hr 28 min	0%	low	—
10	Straub Clinic and Hospital	Honolulu	2 hr 2 min	0%	medium	4/5
11	North Hawaii Community Hospital	Kamuela	2 hr 15 min	1%	low	3/5
12	Maui Memorial Medical Center	Wailuku	2 hr 20 min	0%	high	2/5
13	Hilo Medical Center	Hilo	2 hr 28 min	1%	high	3/5
14	Kuakini Medical Center	Honolulu	2 hr 29 min	2%	low	4/5
15	Wilcox Memorial Hospital	Lihue	2 hr 36 min	2%	medium	2/5
16	Castle Medical Center	Kailua	2 hr 36 min	1%	medium	4/5
17	Pali Momi Medical Center	Aiea	2 hr 36 min	0%	high	4/5
18	Kona Community Hospital	Kealakekua	2 hr 59 min	1%	medium	2/5
19	Kona Community Hospital	Kealakekua	2 hr 59 min	1%	medium	2/5
20	The Queens Medical Center	Honolulu	3 hr 11 min	1%	very high	3/5
21	Tripler AMC (Ft Shafter)	Honolulu	3 hr 11 min	5%	high	—

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