Rhode Island has 15 open hospitals across 10 cities. By type: 10 acute care hospitals, 2 psychiatric hospitals, 1 long-term care hospital, 1 rehabilitation hospital and 1 VA acute care hospital.
Rhode Island's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 4 hr 9 min
- Top rated
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (4★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- Westerly HospitalWesterly
- Newport HospitalNewport
- South County HospitalWakefield
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandProvidence
- Rhode Island HospitalProvidence
- Miriam HospitalProvidence
- Providence VA Medical CenterProvidence
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalNorth Providence
- Westerly HospitalWesterly 2 hr 23 min
- Newport HospitalNewport 2 hr 54 min
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalNorth Providence 3 hr 13 min
- Roger Williams Medical CenterProvidence 3 hr 28 min
- South County HospitalWakefield 3 hr 37 min
- Landmark Medical CenterWoonsocket 3 hr 38 min
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandProvidence 4 hr 4 min
- Rhode Island HospitalProvidence 4 hr 14 min
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All Rhode Island cities with hospitals
All 10 Rhode Island cities A–Z
- Cranston (1)
- East Providence (1)
- Newport (1)
- North Providence (1)
- North Smithfield (1)
- Providence (6)
- Wakefield (1)
- Warwick (1)
- Westerly (1)
- Woonsocket (1)
Largest hospitals in Rhode Island
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.
- Rhode Island HospitalProvidence 650 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Kent County Memorial HospitalWarwick 323 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Miriam HospitalProvidence 247 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandProvidence 247 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalNorth Providence 185 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
Health insurance in Rhode Island
Rhode Island runs its own exchange, HealthSourceRI.
People and health care in Rhode Island
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Rhode Island
Healthcare jobs and pay in Rhode Island
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Rhode Island, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Rhode Island
How many hospitals are in Rhode Island?
There are 15 open hospitals in Rhode Island across 10 cities. 12 of them have an emergency department.
Which Rhode Island city has the most hospitals?
Providence, with 6 hospitals.
How long is the ER wait in Rhode Island?
The median emergency room visit in Rhode Island lasts 3 hr 38 min, 1 hr 9 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 29 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Rhode Island hospitals have 5 stars?
0 of the 11 Rhode Island hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 7 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.5 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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