Tennessee emergency room wait times

ER wait times › Tennessee

Across 114 Tennessee hospitals that report the measure, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 47 min — 17 min longer than the national median of 2 hr 30 min. The shortest is Trousdale Medical Center at 1 hr 13 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	Trousdale Medical Center	Hartsville	1 hr 13 min	0%	low	—
2	Stones River Hospital & Dekalb Community Hospital	Woodbury	1 hr 26 min	—	—	—
3	Riverview Regional Medical Center South	Carthage	1 hr 34 min	0%	low	4/5
4	Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital	Pikeville	1 hr 36 min	1%	low	—
5	Wellmont Hancock County Hospital	Sneedville	1 hr 44 min	0%	low	—
6	Stones River Hospital and Dekalb Community Hosp	Smithville	1 hr 48 min	—	—	—
7	Macon County General Hospital	Lafayette	1 hr 48 min	2%	low	3/5
8	Parkridge Medical Center	Chattanooga	1 hr 51 min	1%	very high	4/5
9	Houston County Community Hospital	Erin	1 hr 51 min	1%	low	—
10	Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital	Rogersville	1 hr 53 min	0%	low	—
11	Livingston Regional Hospital	Livingston	1 hr 54 min	3%	low	2/5
12	Livingston Regional Hospital	Livingston	1 hr 54 min	3%	low	2/5
13	Lauderdale Community Hospital	Ripley	1 hr 55 min	—	—	—
14	Centennial Medical Center	Nashville	1 hr 55 min	1%	very high	4/5
15	Horizon Medical Center	Dickson	1 hr 56 min	0%	high	3/5
16	Southern Hills Medical Ctr	Nashville	1 hr 59 min	0%	high	4/5
17	Baptist Memorial Hospital Huntingdon	Huntingdon	1 hr 59 min	1%	low	4/5
18	Hillside Hospital	Pulaski	2 hr	1%	low	3/5
19	Marshall Medical Center	Lewisburg	2 hr 1 min	1%	low	—
20	Heritage Medical Center	Shelbyville	2 hr 5 min	0%	medium	4/5
21	Metro Nashville General Hospital	Nashville	2 hr 5 min	1%	medium	4/5
22	Bedford County Medical Center	Shelbyville	2 hr 5 min	0%	medium	4/5
23	Claiborne County Hospital	New Tazewell	2 hr 6 min	2%	low	—
24	Claiborne County Hospital	Tazewell	2 hr 6 min	2%	low	—
25	Haywood County Community Hospital	Brownsville	2 hr 6 min	0%	low	—
26	Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers	Waverly	2 hr 7 min	2%	low	—
27	Crockett Hospital	Lawrenceburg	2 hr 9 min	1%	low	3/5
28	Crockett Hospital	Leoma	2 hr 9 min	1%	low	3/5
29	Lincoln Medical Center	Fayetteville	2 hr 10 min	1%	low	3/5
30	Lincoln County Hlth Facilities	Fayetteville	2 hr 10 min	1%	low	3/5
31	Johnson County Community Hospital	Mountain City	2 hr 11 min	1%	low	—
32	United Regional Medical Center	Manchester	2 hr 12 min	2%	low	3/5
33	West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital	Bolivar	2 hr 14 min	1%	low	—
34	Indian Path Medical Center	Kingsport	2 hr 16 min	0%	medium	—
35	Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City	Union City	2 hr 19 min	0%	low	4/5
36	Camden General Hospital	Camden	2 hr 20 min	1%	low	—
37	Northcrest Medical Center	Springfield	2 hr 22 min	0%	medium	3/5
38	Sycamore Shoals Hospital	Elizabethton	2 hr 22 min	1%	low	2/5
39	North Crest Medical Center	Springfield	2 hr 22 min	0%	medium	3/5
40	Sumner Regional Medical Center	Gallatin	2 hr 24 min	1%	high	3/5
41	Southern Tennessee Medical Center	Winchester	2 hr 25 min	1%	low	3/5
42	Summit Medical Center	Hermitage	2 hr 25 min	0%	very high	4/5
43	St Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County	La Follette	2 hr 27 min	1%	low	3/5
44	St Mary's Medical Center	La Follette	2 hr 27 min	1%	low	3/5
45	Athens Regional Medical Center	Athens	2 hr 28 min	2%	medium	3/5
46	Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton	Covington	2 hr 29 min	1%	medium	3/5
47	St Francis Hospital	Memphis	2 hr 30 min	0%	high	1/5
48	Henderson County Community Hospital	Lexington	2 hr 31 min	2%	low	—
49	Takoma Regional Hospital	Greeneville	2 hr 34 min	1%	medium	2/5
50	Hardin Medical Center	Savannah	2 hr 39 min	1%	low	2/5
51	Hendersonville Medical Center	Hendersonville	2 hr 39 min	1%	high	4/5
52	Hardin County General Hospital	Savannah	2 hr 39 min	1%	low	2/5
53	Milan General Hospital	Milan	2 hr 40 min	2%	low	—
54	University Medical Center	Lebanon	2 hr 42 min	0%	medium	5/5
55	Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center	Bartlett	2 hr 42 min	0%	medium	1/5
56	Volunteer Community Hospital	Martin	2 hr 43 min	2%	low	2/5
57	White County Community Hospital	Sparta	2 hr 47 min	—	—	—
58	Hickman Community Health Services	Centerville	2 hr 47 min	1%	low	—
59	Harton Regional Medical Center	Tullahoma	2 hr 48 min	1%	medium	3/5
60	Harton Regional Medical Center	Tullahoma	2 hr 48 min	1%	medium	3/5
61	Erlanger Medical Center	Chattanooga	2 hr 49 min	2%	very high	4/5
62	Fort Loudoun Medical Center	Lenoir City	2 hr 50 min	2%	medium	4/5
63	St Mary's Jefferson Memorial Hospital	Jefferson City	2 hr 50 min	1%	medium	2/5
64	Rhea Medical Center	Dayton	2 hr 50 min	3%	low	2/5
65	Fort Sanders Loudon Med Center	Loudon	2 hr 50 min	2%	medium	4/5
66	Big South Fork Medical Center	Oneida	2 hr 50 min	2%	low	—
67	Middle Tennessee Medical Center INC	Murfreesboro	2 hr 53 min	—	—	3/5
68	Middle Tennessee Med Center	Murfreesboro	2 hr 53 min	—	—	3/5
69	Roane Medical Center	Harriman	2 hr 54 min	2%	medium	4/5
70	River Park Hospital	McMinnville	2 hr 57 min	—	—	3/5
71	Dyersburg Regional Medical Center	Dyersburg	2 hr 57 min	2%	medium	4/5
72	Franklin Woods Community Hospital	Johnson City	2 hr 58 min	1%	medium	3/5
73	Skyline Medical Center	Nashville	3 hr	1%	high	2/5
74	Gateway Medical Center	Clarksville	3 hr 1 min	3%	very high	1/5
75	Gateway Health System	Clarksville	3 hr 1 min	3%	very high	1/5
76	Sweetwater Hospital Association	Sweetwater	3 hr 2 min	3%	medium	1/5
77	Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	3 hr 2 min	3%	very high	3/5
78	Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	3 hr 2 min	3%	very high	3/5
79	Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge	3 hr 6 min	4%	medium	4/5
80	Methodist Med Ctr of Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge	3 hr 6 min	4%	medium	4/5
81	Stonecrest Medical Center	Smyrna	3 hr 10 min	0%	high	4/5
82	Baptist Hospital of Cocke County	Newport	3 hr 10 min	2%	medium	4/5
83	Williamson Medical Center	Franklin	3 hr 10 min	1%	high	5/5
84	Williamson Medical Center	Franklin	3 hr 10 min	1%	high	5/5
85	Henry County Medical Center	Paris	3 hr 11 min	3%	low	3/5
86	Mercy Medical Center	Knoxville	3 hr 16 min	3%	medium	3/5
87	Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center	Bristol	3 hr 16 min	1%	high	2/5
88	St Thomas Hospital	Nashville	3 hr 17 min	—	—	3/5
89	Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association	Morristown	3 hr 18 min	2%	high	2/5
90	Morristown-Hamblen Hospital	Morristown	3 hr 18 min	2%	high	2/5
91	Leconte Medical Center	Sevierville	3 hr 20 min	2%	high	5/5
92	Fort Sanders-Sevier Med Ctr	Sevierville	3 hr 20 min	2%	high	5/5
93	Skyridge Medical Center	Cleveland	3 hr 22 min	3%	high	2/5
94	Cleveland Community Hospital	Cleveland	3 hr 22 min	3%	high	2/5
95	Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center	Kingsport	3 hr 24 min	0%	high	2/5
96	Cumberland Medical Center	Crossville	3 hr 24 min	5%	medium	4/5
97	Wellmont Holston Vly Med Ctr	Kingsport	3 hr 24 min	0%	high	2/5
98	Maury Regional Hospital	Columbia	3 hr 26 min	2%	high	3/5
99	Memorial Healthcare System, INC	Chattanooga	3 hr 30 min	3%	very high	5/5
100	Johnson City Medical Center	Johnson City	3 hr 31 min	1%	very high	1/5
101	Blount Memorial Hospital	Maryville	3 hr 36 min	2%	high	2/5
102	Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals	Memphis	3 hr 48 min	16%	very high	3/5
103	Methodist Healthcare-Memphis	Memphis	3 hr 48 min	16%	very high	3/5
104	Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center	Knoxville	3 hr 54 min	4%	high	3/5
105	Fort Sanders Reg Medical Ctr	Knoxville	3 hr 54 min	4%	high	3/5
106	Jackson-Madison County General Hospital	Jackson	4 hr 1 min	4%	very high	3/5
107	Jackson-Madison Cnty Gen Hosp	Jackson	4 hr 1 min	4%	very high	3/5
108	University of Tn Memorial Hospital	Knoxville	4 hr 9 min	0%	very high	4/5
109	Univ of Tn Mem Hospital	Knoxville	4 hr 9 min	0%	very high	4/5
110	Parkwest Medical Center	Knoxville	4 hr 19 min	4%	high	3/5
111	Cookeville Regional Medical Center	Cookeville	4 hr 28 min	1%	medium	2/5
112	Cookeville Regional Med Center	Cookeville	4 hr 28 min	1%	medium	2/5
113	Vanderbilt University Hospital	Nashville	4 hr 29 min	1%	very high	5/5
114	Regional Medical Center at Memphis	Memphis	4 hr 54 min	3%	high	1/5

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