Montana has 67 open hospitals across 59 cities. By type: 50 critical access hospitals, 11 acute care hospitals, 1 psychiatric hospital and 1 VA acute care hospital (type not recorded for 4).
Montana's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 2 hr 43 min
- Top rated
- Great Falls Clinic Medical Center (2★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 30 min
- Top rated
- St Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center (5★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- Community Hospital of AnacondaAnaconda
- Holy Rosary HospitalMiles City
- St Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences CenterMissoula
- VA Montana Healthcare SystemFort Harrison
- Bozeman Deaconess HospitalBozeman
- St Vincent HealthcareBillings
- Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital - CAHHamilton
- Billings Clinic HospitalBillings
- McCone County Health CenterCircle 1 hr 10 min
- Billings Clinic BroadwaterTownsend 1 hr 16 min
- Big Sandy Medical CenterBig Sandy 1 hr 17 min
- Northern Rockies Medical CenterCut Bank 1 hr 17 min
- Phillips County Medical CenterMalta 1 hr 18 min
- Mineral Community HospitalSuperior 1 hr 24 min
- Prairie Community HospitalTerry 1 hr 24 min
- Pioneer Medical CenterBig Timber 1 hr 28 min
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All Montana cities with hospitals
All 59 Montana cities A–Z
- Anaconda (1)
- Chester (1)
- Choteau (1)
- Circle (1)
- Columbus (1)
- Conrad (1)
- Crow Agency (1)
- Culbertson (2)
- Cut Bank (1)
- Deer Lodge (1)
- Dillon (1)
- Forsyth (1)
- Fort Benton (1)
- Fort Harrison (3)
- Glasgow (1)
- Glendive (1)
- Great Falls (2)
- Jordan (1)
- Kalispell (1)
- Lewistown (1)
- Libby (1)
- Livingston (1)
- Malta (2)
- Miles City (1)
- Missoula (2)
- Philipsburg (1)
- Plains (1)
- Plentywood (1)
- Polson (1)
- Poplar (1)
- White Sulphur Springs (1)
- Whitefish (1)
- Wolf Point (1)
Largest hospitals in Montana
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.
- Billings Clinic HospitalBillings 320 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Benefis HospitalsGreat Falls 312 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- St Vincent HealthcareBillings 226 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- St Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences CenterMissoula 206 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Logan Health Medical CenterKalispell 202 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
People and health care in Montana
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Montana
Healthcare jobs and pay in Montana
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Montana, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Montana
How many hospitals are in Montana?
There are 67 open hospitals in Montana across 59 cities. 62 of them have an emergency department.
Which Montana city has the most hospitals?
Fort Harrison, with 3 hospitals. Billings is next with 2.
How long is the ER wait in Montana?
The median emergency room visit in Montana lasts 1 hr 55 min, 33 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 Montana hospitals have 5 stars?
4 of the 20 Montana hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 8 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.3 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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