Maine emergency room wait times

ER wait times › Maine

Across 31 Maine hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 38 min — 8 min longer than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Charles a Dean Memorial Hospital at 1 hr 26 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	Charles a Dean Memorial Hospital	Greenville	1 hr 26 min	0%	low	—
2	Rumford Hospital	Rumford	1 hr 44 min	1%	low	—
3	Bridgton Hospital	Bridgton	1 hr 58 min	1%	low	3/5
4	Blue Hill Memorial Hospital	Blue Hill	1 hr 58 min	1%	low	—
5	Mainehealth Stephens Hospital	Norway	2 hr 5 min	1%	low	4/5
6	Penobscot Valley Hospital	Lincoln	2 hr 7 min	2%	low	—
7	Redington Fairview General Hospital	Skowhegan	2 hr 8 min	2%	medium	2/5
8	Mount Desert Island Hospital	Bar Harbor	2 hr 10 min	0%	low	—
9	St Marys Regional Medical Center	Lewiston	2 hr 15 min	3%	medium	4/5
10	Northern Maine Medical Center	Fort Kent	2 hr 20 min	—	—	—
11	Cary Medical Center	Caribou	2 hr 21 min	3%	low	1/5
12	Mayo Regional Hospital	Dover Foxcroft	2 hr 24 min	1%	low	2/5
13	St Andrews Hospital	Boothbay Harbor	2 hr 24 min	1%	low	3/5
14	Waldo County General Hospital	Belfast	2 hr 32 min	2%	low	3/5
15	Calais Regional Hospital	Calais	2 hr 34 min	3%	low	—
16	Penobscot Bay Medical Center	Rockport	2 hr 38 min	1%	medium	3/5
17	York Hospital	York	2 hr 46 min	2%	low	4/5
18	Mainehealth Franklin Hospital	Farmington	2 hr 50 min	2%	low	3/5
19	St Joseph Hospital	Bangor	3 hr 6 min	4%	medium	3/5
20	Sebasticook Valley Hospital	Pittsfield	3 hr 7 min	7%	low	2/5
21	Maine General Medical Center	Augusta	3 hr 7 min	5%	high	4/5
22	Mainegeneral Medical Ctr	Waterville	3 hr 7 min	5%	high	4/5
23	Houlton Regional Hospital	Houlton	3 hr 14 min	2%	low	3/5
24	Down East Community Hospital	Machias	3 hr 15 min	5%	low	4/5
25	Mid Coast Hospital	Brunswick	3 hr 16 min	2%	medium	3/5
26	Aroostook Medical Center,The	Presque Isle	3 hr 20 min	5%	low	2/5
27	Maine Coast Memorial Hospital	Ellsworth	3 hr 26 min	5%	low	3/5
28	Maine Medical Center	Portland	3 hr 27 min	3%	very high	4/5
29	Mercy Hospital	Portland	3 hr 28 min	3%	medium	4/5
30	Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	3 hr 39 min	1%	medium	5/5
31	Central Maine Medical Center	Lewiston	4 hr 13 min	6%	high	4/5

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