Arkansas has 103 open hospitals across 69 cities. By type: 46 acute care hospitals, 29 critical access hospitals, 11 psychiatric hospitals, 5 rural emergency hospitals, 4 rehabilitation hospitals, 2 children's hospitals and 2 VA acute care hospitals (type not recorded for 4).
Arkansas's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 2 hr 53 min
- Top rated
- Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock (3★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 42 min
- Top rated
- Fayetteville Ar VA Medical Center (5★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 44 min
- Top rated
- CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs (3★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 48 min
- Top rated
- Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock (1★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 42 min
- Top rated
- Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway (2★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 50 min
- Top rated
- Nea Baptist Memorial Hospital (3★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 45 min
- Top rated
- Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas (5★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 8 min
- Top rated
- St Vincent Medical Center/North (4★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 6 min
- Top rated
- Northwest Medical Center-Springdale (3★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- North Logan Mercy HospitalParis
- Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers
- Mercy Medical CenterRogers
- Fayetteville Ar VA Medical CenterFayetteville
- Booneville Community HospitalBooneville
- John Ed Chambers Memorial HospitalDanville
- Ashley County Medical CenterCrossett
- St Vincent Medical Center/NorthSherwood
- Baptist Health - van BurenVan Buren 1 hr 11 min
- Booneville Community HospitalBooneville 1 hr 12 min
- Mercy Hospital Scott CountyWaldron 1 hr 13 min
- Dardanelle Regional Medical CenterDardanelle 1 hr 14 min
- Dallas County Medical CenterFordyce 1 hr 22 min
- Siloam Springs Memorial HospitalSiloam Springs 1 hr 22 min
- John Ed Chambers Memorial HospitalDanville 1 hr 30 min
- Lawrence Memorial HospitalWalnut Ridge 1 hr 30 min
See every Arkansas ER ranked by wait · See every Arkansas hospital ranked by stars · by patient rating · by infections and safety
All Arkansas cities with hospitals
All 69 Arkansas cities A–Z
- Arkadelphia (1)
- Ashdown (1)
- Batesville (1)
- Benton (2)
- Berryville (1)
- Blytheville (1)
- Booneville (1)
- Bryant (1)
- Calico Rock (1)
- Camden (1)
- Clarksville (1)
- Clinton (1)
- Conway (3)
- Crossett (1)
- Danville (1)
- Dardanelle (1)
- De Queen (1)
- De Witt (1)
- Dumas (1)
- El Dorado (1)
- Eureka Springs (1)
- Fayetteville (7)
- Fordyce (1)
- Forrest City (1)
- Fort Smith (4)
- Gravette (1)
- Harrison (1)
- Heber Springs (1)
- Helena (1)
- Hope (1)
- Hot Springs (4)
- Jacksonville (1)
- Jonesboro (3)
- Lake Village (1)
- Little Rock (9)
- Magnolia (1)
- Malvern (1)
- Maumelle (1)
- McGehee (1)
- Mena (1)
- Monticello (1)
- Morrilton (1)
- Mountain Home (1)
- Mountain View (1)
- Nashville (1)
- Newport (1)
- North Little Rock (4)
- Paragould (1)
- Paris (1)
- Piggott (1)
- Pine Bluff (1)
- Pocahontas (1)
- Rogers (2)
- Russellville (1)
- Salem (1)
- Searcy (2)
- Sherwood (2)
- Siloam Springs (1)
- Springdale (2)
- Stuttgart (2)
- Texarkana (1)
- Van Buren (1)
- Waldron (1)
- Walnut Ridge (1)
- Warren (1)
- West Memphis (2)
- Wynne (1)
Largest hospitals in Arkansas
Ranked by beds reported on each hospital's latest Medicare cost report. Largest doesn't mean best, and campuses filing one report are counted together.
- Baptist Health Medical Center-Little RockLittle Rock 809 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- University of Arkansas Medical SciencesLittle Rock 545 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- St Bernards Medical CenterJonesboro 389 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Washington Regional Medical CenterFayetteville 377 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- St Vincent Infirmary Medical CenterLittle Rock 338 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
People and health care in Arkansas
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Arkansas
Healthcare jobs and pay in Arkansas
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Arkansas, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Arkansas
How many hospitals are in Arkansas?
There are 103 open hospitals in Arkansas across 69 cities. 87 of them have an emergency department.
Which Arkansas city has the most hospitals?
Little Rock, with 9 hospitals. Fayetteville is next with 7.
How long is the ER wait in Arkansas?
The median emergency room visit in Arkansas lasts 2 hr 10 min, 18 min shorter than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Arkansas hospitals have 5 stars?
4 of the 47 Arkansas hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 13 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 2.9 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
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