32 hospitals in New Hampshire
As of the July 2026 CMS release, New Hampshire has 32 open hospitals in 25 cities, 28 of them with an emergency department. The median emergency room visit lasts 2 hr 28 min, about the same as the US median of 2 hr 28 min. 10 of the 24 hospitals Medicare rates hold 4 or 5 stars, and the state average is 3.2 stars.
Hospitals
32
in 27 New Hampshire cities
With an ER
28
88% of hospitals
New Hampshire has 32 open hospitals across 27 cities. By type: 14 acute care hospitals, 13 critical access hospitals, 2 rehabilitation hospitals and 1 psychiatric hospital (type not recorded for 2).
New Hampshire's largest hospital cities
Lebanon
3 hospitals · 3 with an ER
- Median ER
- 4 hr 24 min
- Top rated
- Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (4★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon
- Cottage HospitalWoodsville
- Parkland Medical CenterDerry
- Memorial Hospital, theNorth Conway
- Huggins HospitalWolfeboro
- St Joseph HospitalNashua
- Exeter Hospital INCExeter
- Cheshire Medical CenterKeene
Shortest median ER visits
- Upper Connecticut Valley HospitalColebrook 1 hr 25 min
- Weeks Medical CenterLancaster 1 hr 47 min
- Androscoggin Valley HospitalBerlin 1 hr 52 min
- Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon 1 hr 58 min
- Cottage HospitalWoodsville 2 hr
- Parkland Medical CenterDerry 2 hr
- Memorial Hospital, theNorth Conway 2 hr 1 min
- Franklin Regional HospitalFranklin 2 hr 10 min
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All New Hampshire cities with hospitals
B
- Berlin (1)
E
- Exeter (2)
F
- Franklin (1)
G
- Greenfield (1)
H
- Hampstead (1)
K
- Keene (1)
M
- Manchester (3)
N
- Nashua (2)
- New London (2)
- North Conway (1)
P
- Peterborough (1)
- Plymouth (1)
- Portsmouth (1)
R
- Rochester (1)
S
- Salem (1)
W
- Wolfeboro (1)
- Woodsville (2)
People and health care in New Hampshire
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
1,394,868
Median age 43.3
Hospitals per 100,000
2.3
32 hospitals listed · #22 of 50 states
No health insurance
5.3%
below the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
20.1%
above the U.S. 17.2%
Median household income
$99,031
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in New Hampshire
Questions about hospitals in New Hampshire
How many hospitals are in New Hampshire?
There are 32 open hospitals in New Hampshire across 27 cities. 28 of them have an emergency department.
Which New Hampshire city has the most hospitals?
Concord, with 3 hospitals. Lebanon is next with 3.
How long is the ER wait in New Hampshire?
The median emergency room visit in New Hampshire lasts 2 hr 28 min, the same as the US median. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many New Hampshire hospitals have 5 stars?
0 of the 24 New Hampshire hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 10 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.