51 hospitals in Idaho
Every hospital in Idaho by city, with emergency room wait times and Medicare star ratings where CMS publishes them.
Hospitals
51
in 40 Idaho cities
With an ER
43
84% of hospitals
Idaho has 51 open hospitals across 40 cities. By type: 26 critical access hospitals, 18 acute care hospitals, 4 psychiatric hospitals, 1 VA acute care hospital and 1 rural emergency hospital hospital (type not recorded for 1).
Idaho's largest hospital cities
Boise
7 hospitals · 4 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 41 min
- Top rated
- St Lukes Regional Medical Center (5★)
Idaho Falls
3 hospitals · 3 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 13 min
- Top rated
- Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLC (4★)
Orofino
2 hospitals · 1 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 24 min
- Top rated
- Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics (2★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- St Luke's Elmore Medical CenterMountain Home
- West Valley Medical CenterCaldwell
- St Luke's Nampa Medical CenterNampa
- St Lukes Regional Medical CenterBoise
- Boise VA Medical CenterBoise
- Idaho Falls Community Hospital, LLCIdaho Falls
- St Lukes Wood River Medical CenterKetchum
- Kootenai Medical CenterCoeur D'alene
Shortest median ER visits
- Power County Hospital DistrictAmerican Falls 1 hr 25 min
- Lost Rivers Medical CenterArco 1 hr 35 min
- Syringa General HospitalGrangeville 1 hr 35 min
- Weiser Memorial HospitalWeiser 1 hr 37 min
- Bear Lake Memorial HospitalMontpelier 1 hr 40 min
- St Luke's JeromeJerome 1 hr 40 min
- Boundary Community HospitalBonners Ferry 1 hr 42 min
- Caribou Medical CenterSoda Springs 1 hr 42 min
See every Idaho ER ranked by wait · See every Idaho hospital ranked by stars · by infections and safety
All Idaho cities with hospitals
A
- American Falls (2)
- Arco (2)
B
- Blackfoot (5)
- Boise (8)
- Bonners Ferry (2)
- Burley (1)
C
- Caldwell (1)
- Cascade (2)
- Coeur D'alene (2)
- Cottonwood (2)
- Council (1)
D
- Driggs (2)
E
- Emmett (2)
G
- Gooding (2)
- Grangeville (2)
I
- Idaho Falls (4)
J
- Jerome (2)
L
- Lewiston (1)
M
- Malad City (2)
- McCall (2)
- Meridian (1)
- Montpelier (2)
- Moscow (1)
- Mountain Home (2)
N
- Nampa (2)
O
- Orofino (2)
P
- Pocatello (2)
- Post Falls (1)
- Preston (2)
S
- Saint Maries (1)
- Salmon (2)
- Sandpoint (2)
- Soda Springs (2)
- St Maries (1)
T
- Twin Falls (2)
W
- Weiser (2)
People and health care in Idaho
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
1,934,262
Median age 37.3
Hospitals per 100,000
2.6
51 hospitals listed · #17 of 50 states
No health insurance
9.1%
above the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
17%
about the U.S. rate
Median household income
$77,800
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in Idaho
Questions about hospitals in Idaho
How many hospitals are in Idaho?
There are 51 open hospitals in Idaho across 40 cities. 43 of them have an emergency department.
Which Idaho city has the most hospitals?
Boise, with 8 hospitals. Blackfoot is next with 3.
How long is the ER wait in Idaho?
The median emergency room visit in Idaho lasts 2 hr 6 min, 22 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 Idaho hospitals have 5 stars?
5 of the 23 Idaho hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 11 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.6 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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.
Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.