Rhode Island ER wait times by hospital
How long a typical emergency room visit lasts at 10 Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island median
3 hr 38 min
+1 hr 10 min vs US US median is 2 hr 28 min
Under 2 hours
None
3 take 4 hours or more
Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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 all 10 hospitals
| # | Hospital | Median visit | Left before seen | ER volume | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westerly HospitalWesterly 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 22 min 1 hr 16 min faster | 1% | Medium | |
| 2 | Newport HospitalNewport 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 52 min 46 min faster | 1% | Medium | |
| 3 | Our Lady of Fatima HospitalNorth Providence 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 13 min 25 min faster | 2% | Medium | |
| 4 | South County HospitalWakefield 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 17 min 21 min faster | 2% | Medium | |
| 5 | Roger Williams Medical CenterProvidence 5% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 32 min 6 min faster | 5% | Medium | |
| 6 | Landmark Medical CenterWoonsocket 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 45 min 7 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 7 | Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandProvidence 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 54 min 16 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 8 | Rhode Island HospitalProvidence 6% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 4 hr 18 min 40 min slower | 6% | Very high | |
| 9 | Kent County Memorial HospitalWarwick 4% left before seen High volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 4 hr 22 min 44 min slower | 4% | High | |
| 10 | Miriam HospitalProvidence 5% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 4 hr 54 min 1 hr 16 min slower | 5% | Very high |
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Questions about Rhode Island ER wait times
Which Rhode Island ER has the shortest wait?
Westerly Hospital in Westerly, with a median visit of 2 hr 22 min. Newport Hospital in Newport is next at 2 hr 52 min.
Which Rhode Island ER has the longest wait?
Miriam Hospital, at 4 hr 54 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 Rhode Island?
The median is 3 hr 38 min, 1 hr 10 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. None of the 10 Rhode Island ERs comes in under two hours, and 3 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.
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 Rhode Island hospital directory. Campuses that CMS reports under one facility number appear once. Not affiliated with CMS.