112 hospitals in Massachusetts
As of the July 2026 CMS release, Massachusetts has 112 open hospitals in 71 cities, 70 of them with an emergency department. The median emergency room visit lasts 3 hr 29 min, 1 hr 1 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. 23 of the 58 hospitals Medicare rates hold 4 or 5 stars (11 with 5), and the state average is 3.2 stars.
Hospitals
112
in 82 Massachusetts cities
With an ER
70
62% of hospitals
Massachusetts has 112 open hospitals across 82 cities. By type: 61 acute care hospitals, 19 psychiatric hospitals, 4 critical access hospitals, 4 rehabilitation hospitals, 4 long-term care hospitals, 3 children's hospitals and 3 VA acute care hospitals (type not recorded for 14).
Massachusetts's largest hospital cities
Worcester
6 hospitals · 3 with an ER
- Median ER
- 4 hr 8 min
- Top rated
- Umass Memorial Medical Center INC (3★)
Fall River
3 hospitals · 2 with an ER
- Median ER
- 3 hr 12 min
- Top rated
- Southcoast Hospital Group, INC (4★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- Fairview HospitalGreat Barrington
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham
- Emerson HospitalConcord
- Faulkner HospitalBoston
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton Lower Falls
- North Shore Medical CenterSalem
- Union HospitalLynn
Shortest median ER visits
- Fairview HospitalGreat Barrington 1 hr 53 min
- Nantucket Cottage HospitalNantucket 2 hr
- Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton 2 hr 26 min
- Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge 2 hr 33 min
- North Adams Regional Hospital CorporationNorth Adams 2 hr 34 min
- Martha's Vineyard Hospital INCVineyard Haven 2 hr 37 min
- Falmouth HospitalFalmouth 2 hr 40 min
- Athol Memorial HospitalAthol 2 hr 54 min
See every Massachusetts ER ranked by wait · See every Massachusetts hospital ranked by stars · by patient rating · by infections and safety
All Massachusetts cities with hospitals
B
- Bedford (2)
- Belmont (1)
- Beverly (1)
- Boston (23)
- Braintree (2)
- Bridgewater (1)
- Brighton (1)
- Brockton (3)
- Brookline (2)
- Burlington (2)
D
- Dartmouth (1)
- Dedham (1)
- Devens (1)
- Dorchester (1)
F
- Fall River (3)
- Falmouth (2)
- Framingham (1)
G
- Gardner (1)
- Great Barrington (1)
- Greenfield (1)
J
- Jamaica Plain (2)
N
- Nantucket (1)
- Needham (1)
- Newburyport (1)
- Newton (1)
- Newton Lower Falls (1)
- North Adams (2)
- Northampton (1)
- Norwood (1)
Q
- Quincy (1)
R
- Randolph (1)
S
- Salem (2)
- South Weymouth (1)
- Southbridge (1)
- Springfield (4)
- Stockbridge (1)
- Stoughton (1)
V
- Vineyard Haven (1)
W
- Waltham (1)
- Ware (1)
- Webster (1)
- Wellesley (2)
- Westborough (2)
- Westfield (1)
- Westwood (1)
- Winchester (1)
- Woburn (1)
- Worcester (8)
People and health care in Massachusetts
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
7,044,056
Median age 40
Hospitals per 100,000
1.6
112 hospitals listed · #38 of 50 states
No health insurance
2.6%
below the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
17.9%
above the U.S. 17.2%
Median household income
$103,960
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in Massachusetts
Questions about hospitals in Massachusetts
How many hospitals are in Massachusetts?
There are 112 open hospitals in Massachusetts across 82 cities. 70 of them have an emergency department.
Which Massachusetts city has the most hospitals?
Boston, with 23 hospitals. Worcester is next with 6.
How long is the ER wait in Massachusetts?
The median emergency room visit in Massachusetts lasts 3 hr 29 min, 1 hr 1 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 Massachusetts hospitals have 5 stars?
11 of the 58 Massachusetts hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 23 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.2 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.