As of the July 2026 CMS release, Hayward, California, has 2 hospitals, all with an emergency department. The one emergency room that reports a time has a median visit of 2 hr 40 min, 14 min shorter than the California median of 2 hr 54 min. The highest Medicare star rating among its 2 rated hospitals is 4 out of 5, at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fremont/Hayward.
There are 2 hospitals in Hayward, California, in Alameda County. 2 of them have an emergency department.
The median emergency department visit in Hayward lasts 2 hr 40 min, 14 min shorter than the California median of 2 hr 54 min. The shortest is at St Rose Hospital, 2 hr 40 min.
No Hayward hospital matches that. .
Two Hayward hospitals side by side on Medicare ratings, patient reviews, ER times and safety.
Community health centers (federally qualified health centers) see patients with or without insurance and charge on a sliding scale based on income. They are not emergency rooms: call ahead for an appointment.
Source: HRSA Health Center Program (HHS).
Medicare-certified dialysis centers, home health agencies and hospices, with their CMS ratings.
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Hayward, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024) for the city of Hayward.
There are 2 hospitals in Hayward, California. 2 of them have an emergency department.
The median emergency department visit in Hayward lasts 2 hr 40 min, based on CMS measure OP-18b. That is a median over a 12-month reporting period, not a live figure. The California median is 2 hr 54 min.
St Rose Hospital reports the shortest median emergency department visit in Hayward at 2 hr 40 min.
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Fremont/Hayward has 4 out of 5 stars, the highest overall rating among the 2 Hayward hospitals CMS rates.
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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