Connecticut has 40 open hospitals across 30 cities. By type: 26 acute care hospitals, 8 psychiatric hospitals, 2 long-term care hospitals, 1 children's hospital and 1 VA acute care hospital (type not recorded for 2).
Connecticut's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 2 hr 53 min
- Top rated
- The Hospital of Central Connecticut (2★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- Sharon HospitalSharon
- Greenwich Hospital AssociationGreenwich
- Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven
- Stamford HospitalStamford
- Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport
- Griffin HospitalDerby
- William W Backus HospitalNorwich
- Danbury HospitalDanbury
- Sharon HospitalSharon 2 hr 10 min
- Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London 2 hr 11 min
- Windham Community Memorial Hospital & Hatch HospitalWillimantic 2 hr 18 min
- Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport 2 hr 20 min
- Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington 2 hr 27 min
- Middlesex HospitalMiddletown 2 hr 39 min
- Griffin HospitalDerby 2 hr 45 min
- The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain 2 hr 53 min
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All Connecticut cities with hospitals
All 30 Connecticut cities A–Z
- Bethlehem (1)
- Branford (1)
- Bridgeport (3)
- Bristol (1)
- Farmington (1)
- Greenwich (1)
- Hartford (3)
- Mansfield Center (1)
- Meriden (1)
- Middletown (3)
- New Britain (2)
- New Canaan (1)
- New Haven (2)
- New London (1)
- Norwalk (1)
- Norwich (1)
- Putnam (1)
- Sharon (1)
- Somers (1)
- Stafford Springs (1)
- Stamford (1)
- Torrington (1)
- Wallingford (2)
- Waterbury (2)
- West Hartford (1)
- West Haven (1)
- Willimantic (1)
Largest hospitals in Connecticut
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.
- Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven 1,402 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Hartford HospitalHartford 723 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford 413 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport 396 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Connecticut Valley HospitalMiddletown 386 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
Health insurance in Connecticut
Connecticut runs its own exchange, Access Health CT.
People and health care in Connecticut
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Connecticut
Healthcare jobs and pay in Connecticut
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Connecticut, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Connecticut
How many hospitals are in Connecticut?
There are 40 open hospitals in Connecticut across 30 cities. 27 of them have an emergency department.
Which Connecticut city has the most hospitals?
Bridgeport, with 3 hospitals. Hartford is next with 3.
How long is the ER wait in Connecticut?
The median emergency room visit in Connecticut lasts 3 hr 19 min, 51 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Connecticut hospitals have 5 stars?
4 of the 26 Connecticut hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 12 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.4 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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