facebook tracking Kentucky emergency room wait times: 92 hospitals ranked

Kentucky emergency room wait times

ER wait times › Kentucky

Across 92 Kentucky hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 22 min — 8 min shorter than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Saint Joseph Martin at 1 hr 24 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 Saint Joseph Martin Martin 1 hr 24 min 0% low —
2 McDowell Arh Hospital McDowell 1 hr 26 min 0% low —
3 Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles 1 hr 32 min 0% low —
4 Marshall County Hospital Benton 1 hr 32 min 1% low 2/5
5 Cumberland County Hospital Burkesville 1 hr 33 min 0% low —
6 Casey County Hospital Liberty 1 hr 34 min 1% low 3/5
7 The James B Haggin Memorial Hospital Harrodsburg 1 hr 39 min 0% low —
8 Mary Breckinridge Hospital Hyden 1 hr 40 min 0% low —
9 Breckinridge Memorial Hospital Irvington 1 hr 40 min 1% low 1/5
10 Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital Stanford 1 hr 41 min 1% low —
11 St Elizabeth Grant Williamstown 1 hr 42 min 0% low —
12 Bourbon Community Hospital Paris 1 hr 45 min 0% low 2/5
13 Carroll County Hospital Carrollton 1 hr 45 min — — —
14 Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Salem 1 hr 46 min 1% low 4/5
15 Ohio County Hospital Hartford 1 hr 47 min — — 2/5
16 Methodist Hospital Union County Morganfield 1 hr 52 min — — —
17 Westlake Regional Hospital Columbia 1 hr 54 min 1% low —
18 Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center Leitchfield 1 hr 55 min 1% medium 3/5
19 Jewish Hospital - Shelbyville Shelbyville 1 hr 57 min 1% low 3/5
20 Kentucky River Medical Center Jackson 2 hr 3 min — — —
21 Saint Joseph Berea Berea 2 hr 6 min 1% medium 4/5
22 Methodist Hospital Henderson 2 hr 7 min 2% medium 2/5
23 Morgan County Arh Hospital West Liberty 2 hr 8 min 0% low —
24 Monroe County Medical Center Tompkinsville 2 hr 8 min 1% low 1/5
25 Logan Memorial Hospital Russellville 2 hr 8 min 2% low 2/5
26 Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington 2 hr 8 min 1% high 3/5
27 Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital Irvine 2 hr 8 min 2% low 4/5
28 Memorial Hospital Manchester 2 hr 10 min 1% low 3/5
29 Memorial Hospital Manchester 2 hr 10 min 1% low 3/5
30 Saint Joseph East Lexington 2 hr 11 min 1% medium 2/5
31 Jackson Purchase Medical Center Mayfield 2 hr 12 min 1% low 1/5
32 St Elizabeth Medical Center North Covington 2 hr 12 min 1% very high 5/5
33 St Elizabeth Med Center-South Edgewood 2 hr 12 min 1% very high 5/5
34 Pineville Community Health Center, INC Pineville 2 hr 12 min 1% low 1/5
35 Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt Sterling 2 hr 14 min 0% medium 4/5
36 Jane Todd Crawford Hospital Greensburg 2 hr 14 min 1% low —
37 Gateway Regional Health System Mt Sterling 2 hr 14 min 0% medium 4/5
38 Rockcastle Reg Hospital & Respiratory Care Ctr Mt Vernon 2 hr 17 min 2% low 2/5
39 Knox County Hospital Barbourville 2 hr 17 min 2% low —
40 Jewish Hospital & St Mary's Healthcare Louisville 2 hr 18 min 3% very high 2/5
41 Baptist Hospital Northeast La Grange 2 hr 18 min 1% low 5/5
42 Taylor Regional Hospital Campbellsville 2 hr 18 min 2% low 2/5
43 Jewish Hospital Louisville 2 hr 18 min 3% very high 2/5
44 Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown 2 hr 19 min 1% medium 3/5
45 Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center Danville 2 hr 19 min 2% medium 3/5
46 Trigg County Hospital Cadiz 2 hr 21 min — — —
47 St Elizabeth Ft Thomas Fort Thomas 2 hr 24 min 1% medium 5/5
48 Muhlenberg Community Hospital Greenville 2 hr 28 min 0% low 4/5
49 Greenview Regional Hospital Bowling Green 2 hr 28 min 1% medium 2/5
50 Meadowview Regional Medical Center Maysville 2 hr 29 min 4% low 4/5
51 Flaget Memorial Hospital (Member of Saint Joseph H Bardstown 2 hr 29 min 0% low 3/5
52 Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown 2 hr 29 min 0% low 3/5
53 Spring View Hospital Lebanon 2 hr 34 min 2% low 5/5
54 Blanchfield Ach (Ft Campbell) Fort Campbell 2 hr 34 min 3% medium —
55 Pattie a Clay Regional Medical Center Richmond 2 hr 36 min 1% medium 4/5
56 Pattie a Clay Regional Med Ctr Richmond 2 hr 36 min 1% medium 4/5
57 St Elizabeth Florence Florence 2 hr 38 min 1% high 3/5
58 St Luke Hospital West Florence 2 hr 38 min 1% high 3/5
59 Murray-Calloway County Hospital Murray 2 hr 39 min 2% medium 3/5
60 Whitesburg Arh Hospital Whitesburg 2 hr 40 min 2% low 3/5
61 Frankfort Regional Medical Center Frankfort 2 hr 43 min 1% medium 3/5
62 Three Rivers Medical Center Louisa 2 hr 44 min 2% low 3/5
63 Paul B Hall Regional Medical Center Paintsville 2 hr 45 min 4% low 2/5
64 Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospit Middlesboro 2 hr 46 min 3% low 1/5
65 Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hopkinsville 2 hr 47 min 2% medium 1/5
66 Williamson Arh Hospital South Williamson 2 hr 48 min 3% low 2/5
67 Harrison Memorial Hospital Cynthiana 2 hr 51 min 0% low 3/5
68 Lourdes Hospital Paducah 2 hr 53 min 1% medium 3/5
69 Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center Hazard 2 hr 54 min 2% medium 2/5
70 St Claire Regional Medical Center Morehead 2 hr 58 min 3% low 2/5
71 Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester 2 hr 59 min 1% medium 3/5
72 Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Somerset 3 hr 1% high 2/5
73 Central Baptist Hospital Lexington 3 hr 3 min 0% very high 4/5
74 Hardin Memorial Hospital Elizabethtown 3 hr 3 min 2% very high 3/5
75 Western Baptist Hospital Paducah 3 hr 4 min 1% medium 4/5
76 Saint Joseph Hospital London London 3 hr 5 min 1% medium 3/5
77 Marymount Medical Center London 3 hr 5 min 1% medium 3/5
78 Highlands Regional Medical Center Prestonsburg 3 hr 10 min 2% medium 2/5
79 Regional Medical Center of Hopkins County Madisonville 3 hr 10 min 1% medium 2/5
80 Baptist Hospital East Louisville 3 hr 11 min 1% high 4/5
81 Norton Hospitals, INC Louisville 3 hr 12 min 3% very high 2/5
82 Norton Healthcare Pavilion Louisville 3 hr 12 min 3% very high 2/5
83 T J Samson Community Hospital Glasgow 3 hr 14 min 4% medium 3/5
84 Harlan Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospital Harlan 3 hr 16 min 2% low 2/5
85 University of Louisville Hospital Louisville 3 hr 18 min 3% high 1/5
86 Baptist Regional Medical Ctr Corbin 3 hr 26 min 1% high 3/5
87 Owensboro Medical Health System Owensboro 3 hr 28 min 4% high 2/5
88 The Medical Center at Bowling Green Bowling Green 3 hr 35 min 3% high 2/5
89 University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington 3 hr 38 min 1% very high 4/5
90 University of Kentucky Hosp Lexington 3 hr 38 min 1% very high 4/5
91 Pikeville Medical Center Pikeville 3 hr 46 min 5% high 1/5
92 King's Daughters' Medical Center Ashland 3 hr 52 min 1% very 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 Kentucky directory. Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.