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Fastest to slowest ER wait times in Vermont, by hospital
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 Vermont 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 | Grace Cottage HospitalTownshend 1% left before seen Low volume | 1 hr 52 min 54 min faster | 1% | Low | Not rated |
| 2 | Mt Ascutney HospitalWindsor | 2 hr 13 min 33 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | Not rated |
| 3 | Copley HospitalMorrisville ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 20 min 26 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | |
| 4 | Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro 4% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 44 min 2 min faster | 4% | Low | |
| 5 | Porter HospitalMiddlebury ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 45 min 1 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | |
| 6 | Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 47 min 1 min slower | 2% | Medium | |
| 7 | Northwestern Medical CenterSt Albans 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 57 min 11 min slower | 1% | Medium | |
| 8 | Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 12 min 26 min slower | 2% | Medium | |
| 9 | Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington 4% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 33 min 47 min slower | 4% | Medium | |
| 10 | Fletcher Allen Hospital of VermontBurlington 3% left before seen Very high volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 4 hr 22 min 1 hr 36 min slower | 3% | Very high |
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Questions about Vermont ER wait times
Which Vermont ER has the shortest wait?
Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend, with a median visit of 1 hr 52 min. Mt Ascutney Hospital in Windsor is next at 2 hr 13 min.
Which Vermont ER has the longest wait?
Fletcher Allen Hospital of Vermont, at 4 hr 22 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 Vermont?
The median is 2 hr 46 min, 17 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 29 min. 1 of 10 Vermont ERs come in under two hours and 1 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.
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Source: CMS Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting, measure OP-18b (median time from ED arrival to departure for discharged patients), published October 2026. Updated when CMS publishes new data.
Hospitals with too few cases to report are not listed; they still have a page in the Vermont hospital directory. Campuses that CMS reports under one facility number appear once. Not affiliated with CMS.