ER wait times › New York
Across 152 New York hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 24 min — 54 min longer than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Cuba Memorial Hospital, INC at 48 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 | Cuba Memorial Hospital, INC | Cuba | 48 min | 0% | low | — |
| 2 | Keller Ach (West Point) | West Point | 1 hr 7 min | 0% | low | — |
| 3 | Gouverneur Hospital | Gouverneur | 1 hr 13 min | 1% | low | — |
| 4 | Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills | Callicoon | 1 hr 21 min | 15% | low | — |
| 5 | Ellenville Regional Hospital | Ellenville | 1 hr 32 min | 2% | low | — |
| 6 | O'connor Hospital | Delhi | 1 hr 35 min | 0% | low | — |
| 7 | Chenango Memorial Hospital, INC | Norwich | 1 hr 48 min | 1% | low | 2/5 |
| 8 | Little Falls Hospital | Little Falls | 1 hr 49 min | 2% | low | 2/5 |
| 9 | Elizabethtown Community Hospital | Elizabethtown | 1 hr 49 min | 1% | low | 4/5 |
| 10 | Schuyler Hospital, INC | Montour Falls | 1 hr 51 min | — | — | — |
| 11 | Cobleskill Regional Hospital | Cobleskill | 1 hr 51 min | 2% | low | 4/5 |
| 12 | Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates | Penn Yan | 1 hr 53 min | 1% | low | — |
| 13 | Delaware Valley Hospital, INC | Walton | 1 hr 54 min | 1% | low | 1/5 |
| 14 | Slhs Massena, INC | Massena | 1 hr 56 min | 1% | low | — |
| 15 | Westfield Memorial Hospital, INC | Westfield | 2 hr | 1% | low | — |
| 16 | Medina Memorial Hospital | Medina | 2 hr 2 min | 1% | low | — |
| 17 | Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital | Oneonta | 2 hr 12 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 18 | Adirondack Medical Center | Saranac Lake | 2 hr 16 min | 0% | low | 4/5 |
| 19 | Adirondack Medical Center | Saranac Lake | 2 hr 16 min | 0% | low | 4/5 |
| 20 | Olean General Hospital | Olean | 2 hr 20 min | 3% | medium | 1/5 |
| 21 | Canton-Potsdam Hospital | Potsdam | 2 hr 22 min | 1% | medium | 2/5 |
| 22 | Jones Memorial Hospital | Wellsville | 2 hr 24 min | 2% | low | 4/5 |
| 23 | Harlem Hospital Center | New York | 2 hr 24 min | 3% | very high | 2/5 |
| 24 | Bertrand Chaffee Hospital | Springville | 2 hr 25 min | 1% | low | — |
| 25 | Glen Cove Hospital | Glen Cove | 2 hr 25 min | 0% | medium | 5/5 |
| 26 | Wyoming County | Warsaw | 2 hr 25 min | 0% | low | — |
| 27 | St James Mercy Hospital | Hornell | 2 hr 28 min | 4% | low | 3/5 |
| 28 | St Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 2 hr 35 min | 2% | low | 3/5 |
| 29 | Community Memorial Hospital, INC | Hamilton | 2 hr 35 min | 2% | low | 4/5 |
| 30 | Mount St Mary's Hospital and Health Center | Lewiston | 2 hr 36 min | 1% | high | 2/5 |
| 31 | Brooks Memorial Hospital | Dunkirk | 2 hr 36 min | 3% | low | 1/5 |
| 32 | The University of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy | Malone | 2 hr 38 min | 1% | low | 1/5 |
| 33 | Oneida Healthcare Center | Oneida | 2 hr 40 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 34 | Coney Island Hospital | Brooklyn | 2 hr 40 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 35 | St Anthony Community Hospital | Warwick | 2 hr 42 min | 1% | low | 4/5 |
| 36 | Bon Secours Community Hospital | Port Jervis | 2 hr 44 min | 1% | low | 2/5 |
| 37 | Nassau University Medical Center | East Meadow | 2 hr 44 min | 3% | very high | 1/5 |
| 38 | University Hospital of Brooklyn ( Downstate ) | Brooklyn | 2 hr 44 min | 1% | high | 1/5 |
| 39 | White Plains Hospital Center | White Plains | 2 hr 47 min | 0% | very high | 5/5 |
| 40 | United Memorial Medical Center | Batavia | 2 hr 47 min | 1% | medium | 2/5 |
| 41 | White Plains Hospital Ctr | White Plains | 2 hr 47 min | 0% | very high | 5/5 |
| 42 | Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic | Clifton Springs | 2 hr 48 min | 1% | low | 2/5 |
| 43 | Nathan Littauer Hospital | Gloversville | 2 hr 49 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 44 | Putnam Hospital Center | Carmel | 2 hr 50 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 45 | Putnam Hospital Center | Carmel | 2 hr 50 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 46 | Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York | 2 hr 51 min | — | — | 3/5 |
| 47 | Woman's Christian Association | Jamestown | 2 hr 51 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 48 | Rome Memorial Hospital, INC | Rome | 2 hr 53 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 49 | Sound Shore Medical Center of Westschester | New Rochelle | 2 hr 58 min | 1% | medium | 1/5 |
| 50 | Bellevue Hospital Center | New York | 3 hr 1 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 51 | Bellevue Hospital Center | New York | 3 hr 1 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 52 | Staten Island University Hospital | Staten Island | 3 hr 2 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 53 | Cortland Regional Medical Center, INC | Cortland | 3 hr 2 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 54 | Catskill Regional Medical Center | Harris | 3 hr 3 min | 1% | medium | 2/5 |
| 55 | Lenox Hill Hospital | New York | 3 hr 4 min | 2% | very high | 5/5 |
| 56 | Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center | Bronx | 3 hr 6 min | 3% | very high | 1/5 |
| 57 | Geneva General Hospital | Geneva | 3 hr 10 min | 3% | medium | 2/5 |
| 58 | New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, INC. | Brooklyn | 3 hr 13 min | — | — | 1/5 |
| 59 | Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx | 3 hr 13 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 60 | St Luke's Cornwall Hospital | Newburgh | 3 hr 14 min | 1% | high | 2/5 |
| 61 | Huntington Hospital | Huntington | 3 hr 14 min | 1% | high | 5/5 |
| 62 | Cornwall Hospital | Cornwall | 3 hr 14 min | 1% | high | 2/5 |
| 63 | Mount Vernon Hospital | Mt Vernon | 3 hr 15 min | 1% | low | 3/5 |
| 64 | Northern Westchester Hospital | Mt Kisco | 3 hr 16 min | 0% | medium | 5/5 |
| 65 | Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center | Brooklyn | 3 hr 18 min | 5% | very high | 2/5 |
| 66 | Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital | Cooperstown | 3 hr 19 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 67 | Richmond University Medical Center | Staten Island | 3 hr 20 min | 0% | high | 1/5 |
| 68 | Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus | Brooklyn | 3 hr 20 min | 3% | high | 2/5 |
| 69 | St Joseph's Medical Center | Yonkers | 3 hr 21 min | 2% | medium | 1/5 |
| 70 | Phelps Memorial Hospital Assn | Sleepy Hollow | 3 hr 22 min | 0% | medium | 4/5 |
| 71 | Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital | Dansville | 3 hr 22 min | 5% | low | 3/5 |
| 72 | Hudson Valley Hospital Center | Cortlandt Manor | 3 hr 22 min | 2% | high | 5/5 |
| 73 | NYU Hospitals Center | New York | 3 hr 23 min | 1% | very high | 5/5 |
| 74 | Sisters of Charity Hospital | Buffalo | 3 hr 23 min | 3% | very high | 3/5 |
| 75 | Northern Dutchess Hospital | Rhinebeck | 3 hr 24 min | 3% | medium | 4/5 |
| 76 | Oswego Hospital | Oswego | 3 hr 24 min | 8% | medium | 3/5 |
| 77 | Newark-Wayne Community Hospital | Newark | 3 hr 25 min | 3% | medium | 2/5 |
| 78 | St Catherine of Siena Hospital | Smithtown | 3 hr 26 min | 1% | medium | 5/5 |
| 79 | Maimonides Medical Center | Brooklyn | 3 hr 28 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 80 | Corning Hospital | Corning | 3 hr 30 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 81 | Faxton-St Luke's Healthcare | Utica | 3 hr 31 min | 3% | very high | 1/5 |
| 82 | Arnot Ogden Medical Center | Elmira | 3 hr 32 min | 3% | medium | 2/5 |
| 83 | St Joseph Hospital | Bethpage | 3 hr 34 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 84 | Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern | Suffern | 3 hr 35 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 85 | St John's Riverside Hospital | Yonkers | 3 hr 38 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 86 | Peconic Bay Medical Center | Riverhead | 3 hr 38 min | 1% | high | 2/5 |
| 87 | Wyckoff Heights Medical Center | Brooklyn | 3 hr 38 min | 2% | very high | 2/5 |
| 88 | St John's Riverside Hospital | Yonkers | 3 hr 38 min | 1% | medium | 3/5 |
| 89 | South Nassau Communities Hospital | Oceanside | 3 hr 39 min | 2% | very high | 3/5 |
| 90 | Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, INC | Binghamton | 3 hr 39 min | 3% | low | 3/5 |
| 91 | Crouse Hospital | Syracuse | 3 hr 40 min | 0% | very high | 2/5 |
| 92 | Flushing Hospital Medical Center | New York | 3 hr 40 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 93 | Jacobi Medical Center | Bronx | 3 hr 40 min | 2% | very high | 2/5 |
| 94 | Benedictine Hospital | Kingston | 3 hr 42 min | 2% | medium | 1/5 |
| 95 | United Health Services Hospitals, INC | Johnson City | 3 hr 42 min | 3% | very high | 2/5 |
| 96 | F F Thompson Hospital | Canandaigua | 3 hr 42 min | 2% | medium | 2/5 |
| 97 | United Health Services Hosps | Binghamton | 3 hr 42 min | 3% | very high | 2/5 |
| 98 | University Hospital ( Stony Brook ) | Stony Brook | 3 hr 43 min | 1% | very high | 5/5 |
| 99 | Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Ctr | Plattsburgh | 3 hr 43 min | 2% | high | 2/5 |
| 100 | University Hospital | Stony Brook | 3 hr 43 min | 1% | very high | 5/5 |
| 101 | Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center | West Islip | 3 hr 44 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 102 | St Francis Hospital, Roslyn | Roslyn | 3 hr 44 min | 0% | medium | 5/5 |
| 103 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital | New York | 3 hr 44 min | 1% | very high | 5/5 |
| 104 | Auburn Memorial Hospital | Auburn | 3 hr 44 min | 3% | medium | 2/5 |
| 105 | St Joseph's Hospital Health Center | Syracuse | 3 hr 46 min | 3% | high | 2/5 |
| 106 | Jamaica Hospital Medical Center | New York | 3 hr 47 min | 3% | very high | 1/5 |
| 107 | Jamaica Hospital Med Center | Jamaica | 3 hr 47 min | 3% | very high | 1/5 |
| 108 | Samaritan Hospital | Troy | 3 hr 48 min | 4% | high | 3/5 |
| 109 | St Charles Hospital | Port Jefferson | 3 hr 48 min | 1% | low | 5/5 |
| 110 | Brookdale Hospital Medical Center | Brooklyn | 3 hr 48 min | 3% | very high | 1/5 |
| 111 | Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center | Niagara Falls | 3 hr 49 min | 3% | medium | 1/5 |
| 112 | Kaleida Health | Buffalo | 3 hr 50 min | 2% | very high | 3/5 |
| 113 | Buffalo General Hospital | Buffalo | 3 hr 50 min | 2% | very high | 3/5 |
| 114 | Ellis Hospital | Schenectady | 3 hr 52 min | 2% | high | 3/5 |
| 115 | Rochester General Hospital | Rochester | 3 hr 53 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 116 | St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore | Far Rockaway | 3 hr 53 min | 2% | high | 1/5 |
| 117 | Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center | Bronx | 3 hr 54 min | 9% | medium | 2/5 |
| 118 | Westchester Medical Center | Valhalla | 3 hr 55 min | 2% | very high | 2/5 |
| 119 | John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port Jefferson | Port Jefferson | 3 hr 55 min | 1% | medium | 5/5 |
| 120 | Westchester Medical Center | Valhalla | 3 hr 55 min | 2% | very high | 2/5 |
| 121 | Kenmore Mercy Hospital | Buffalo | 3 hr 56 min | 3% | medium | 3/5 |
| 122 | Mercy Medical Center | Rockville Centre | 3 hr 58 min | 1% | medium | 5/5 |
| 123 | Nyack Hospital | Nyack | 3 hr 59 min | 3% | high | 2/5 |
| 124 | Beth Israel Medical Center | New York | 3 hr 59 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 125 | Beth Israel Medical Center | New York | 3 hr 59 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 126 | Columbia Memorial Hospital | Hudson | 4 hr 3 min | 4% | medium | 1/5 |
| 127 | Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca | Ithaca | 4 hr 4 min | 2% | medium | 3/5 |
| 128 | Plainview Hospital | Plainview | 4 hr 5 min | 2% | medium | 4/5 |
| 129 | Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica | 4 hr 5 min | 1% | very high | 2/5 |
| 130 | Strong Memorial Hospital | Rochester | 4 hr 7 min | 5% | very high | 3/5 |
| 131 | Mount Sinai Hospital | New York | 4 hr 8 min | 2% | very high | 4/5 |
| 132 | Long Island Jewish Medical Center | New Hyde Park | 4 hr 12 min | 2% | very high | 4/5 |
| 133 | North Shore University Hospital | Manhasset | 4 hr 12 min | 3% | very high | 5/5 |
| 134 | Orange Regional Medical Center | Goshen | 4 hr 12 min | 5% | very high | 4/5 |
| 135 | Samaritan Medical Center | Watertown | 4 hr 20 min | 8% | medium | 2/5 |
| 136 | Glens Falls Hospital | Glens Falls | 4 hr 20 min | 4% | high | 3/5 |
| 137 | Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center | Patchogue | 4 hr 21 min | 1% | high | 4/5 |
| 138 | Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn | 4 hr 21 min | — | — | 1/5 |
| 139 | Albany Medical Center Hospital | Albany | 4 hr 26 min | 5% | very high | 1/5 |
| 140 | St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital | New York | 4 hr 32 min | 2% | very high | 4/5 |
| 141 | Elmhurst Hospital Center | New York | 4 hr 38 min | 2% | very high | 2/5 |
| 142 | New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens | New York | 4 hr 40 min | 6% | very high | 5/5 |
| 143 | Southside Hospital | Bay Shore | 4 hr 44 min | 1% | very high | 3/5 |
| 144 | University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center | Syracuse | 4 hr 51 min | 9% | very high | 3/5 |
| 145 | Vassar Brothers Medical Center | Poughkeepsie | 4 hr 55 min | 2% | high | 3/5 |
| 146 | Saratoga Hospital | Saratoga Springs | 4 hr 56 min | 5% | high | 3/5 |
| 147 | Unity Hospital of Rochester | Rochester | 4 hr 59 min | 1% | high | 2/5 |
| 148 | St Barnabas Hospital | Bronx | 5 hr 1 min | 8% | very high | 1/5 |
| 149 | Highland Hospital | Rochester | 5 hr 4 min | 4% | high | 3/5 |
| 150 | Mercy Hospital | Buffalo | 5 hr 7 min | 3% | very high | 2/5 |
| 151 | Erie County Medical Center | Buffalo | 5 hr 25 min | 8% | medium | 2/5 |
| 152 | St Peter's Hospital | Albany | 5 hr 41 min | 7% | high | 2/5 |
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 New York directory. Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.