New Hampshire ER wait times by hospital
How long a typical emergency room visit lasts at 26 New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire median
2 hr 28 min
Same as the US median
Under 2 hours
4 ERs
4 take 4 hours or more
New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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 | Upper Connecticut Valley HospitalColebrook | 1 hr 25 min 1 hr 3 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | Not rated |
| 2 | Weeks Medical CenterLancaster | 1 hr 47 min 41 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | Not rated |
| 3 | Androscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin ★ 2/5 CMS | 1 hr 52 min 36 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | |
| 4 | Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 1 hr 58 min 30 min faster | 1% | Low | |
| 5 | Parkland Medical CenterDerry 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 28 min faster | 1% | Medium | |
| 6 | Cottage HospitalWoodsville 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 28 min faster | 1% | Low | |
| 7 | The Memorial HospitalNorth Conway 0% left before seen Low volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 1 min 27 min faster | 0% | Low | |
| 8 | Franklin Regional HospitalFranklin 2% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 10 min 18 min faster | 2% | Low | Not rated |
| 9 | Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 12 min 16 min faster | 1% | Low | |
| 10 | Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth 1% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 12 min 16 min faster | 1% | High | |
| 11 | Speare Memorial HospitalPlymouth 0% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 16 min 12 min faster | 0% | Low | |
| 12 | Monadnock Community HospitalPeterborough 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 16 min 12 min faster | 1% | Low | |
| 13 | Littleton Regional HospitalLittleton 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 1/5 CMS | 2 hr 17 min 11 min faster | 1% | Low | |
| 14 | New London HospitalNew London 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 40 min 12 min slower | 1% | Low | |
| 15 | Valley Regional HospitalClaremont 2% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 43 min 15 min slower | 2% | Low | |
| 16 | Huggins HospitalWolfeboro 2% left before seen Low volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 49 min 21 min slower | 2% | Low | |
| 17 | Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia 4% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 17 min 49 min slower | 4% | Medium | |
| 18 | St Joseph HospitalNashua 4% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 22 min 54 min slower | 4% | Medium | |
| 19 | Exeter HospitalExeter 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 26 min 58 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 20 | Cheshire Medical CenterKeene 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 34 min 1 hr 6 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 21 | Southern Nh Medical CenterNashua 5% left before seen High volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 38 min 1 hr 10 min slower | 5% | High | |
| 22 | Catholic Medical CenterManchester 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 41 min 1 hr 13 min slower | 1% | Medium | |
| 23 | Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover 2% left before seen High volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 4 hr 2 min 1 hr 34 min slower | 2% | High | |
| 24 | Concord HospitalConcord 5% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 4 hr 3 min 1 hr 35 min slower | 5% | High | |
| 25 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 4 hr 24 min 1 hr 56 min slower | 1% | Medium | |
| 26 | Elliot HospitalManchester 11% left before seen High volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 4 hr 51 min 2 hr 23 min slower | 11% | High |
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ER wait times in New Hampshire'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 11 min | Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital · 1 hr 58 min | |
| 2 | 3 hr 30 min | St Joseph Hospital · 3 hr 22 min | |
| 2 | 4 hr 16 min | Catholic Medical Center · 3 hr 41 min |
Questions about New Hampshire ER wait times
Which New Hampshire ER has the shortest wait?
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook, with a median visit of 1 hr 25 min. Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster is next at 1 hr 47 min.
Which New Hampshire ER has the longest wait?
Elliot Hospital, at 4 hr 51 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 New Hampshire?
The median is 2 hr 28 min, the same as the US median. 4 of 26 New Hampshire ERs come 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 New Hampshire ERs have a median visit of 2 hr 16 min. High and very-high-volume ERs come in at 4 hr 2 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 New Hampshire hospital directory. Campuses that CMS reports under one facility number appear once. Not affiliated with CMS.