17 hospitals in Rhode Island
Every hospital in Rhode Island by city, with emergency room wait times and Medicare star ratings where CMS publishes them.
Hospitals
17
in 11 Rhode Island cities
With an ER
14
82% of hospitals
Rhode Island has 17 open hospitals across 11 cities. By type: 11 acute care hospitals, 2 psychiatric hospitals, 1 rehabilitation hospital, 1 long-term care hospital and 1 VA acute care hospital (type not recorded for 1).
Rhode Island's largest hospital cities
Providence
7 hospitals · 6 with an ER
- Median ER
- 4 hr 6 min
- Top rated
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (4★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- Westerly HospitalWesterly
- Newport HospitalNewport
- Newport HospitalNewport
- South County Hospital INCWakefield
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandProvidence
- Rhode Island HospitalProvidence
- Miriam HospitalProvidence
- Providence VA Medical CenterProvidence
Shortest median ER visits
- Westerly HospitalWesterly 2 hr 22 min
- Newport HospitalNewport 2 hr 52 min
- Newport HospitalNewport 2 hr 52 min
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalNorth Providence 3 hr 13 min
- South County Hospital INCWakefield 3 hr 17 min
- Roger Williams Medical CenterProvidence 3 hr 32 min
- Landmark Medical Center, INCWoonsocket 3 hr 45 min
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandProvidence 3 hr 54 min
See every Rhode Island ER ranked by wait · See every Rhode Island hospital ranked by stars · by patient rating · by infections and safety
All Rhode Island cities with hospitals
C
- Cranston (1)
E
- East Providence (1)
N
- Newport (2)
- North Providence (1)
- North Smithfield (1)
P
- Pawtucket (1)
- Providence (7)
W
- Wakefield (1)
- Warwick (1)
- Westerly (1)
- Woonsocket (1)
People and health care in Rhode Island
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
1,101,801
Median age 40.6
Hospitals per 100,000
1.5
17 hospitals listed · #40 of 50 states
No health insurance
4.4%
below the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
18.7%
above the U.S. 17.2%
Median household income
$87,796
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in Rhode Island
Questions about hospitals in Rhode Island
How many hospitals are in Rhode Island?
There are 17 open hospitals in Rhode Island across 11 cities. 14 of them have an emergency department.
Which Rhode Island city has the most hospitals?
Providence, with 7 hospitals. Newport is next with 2.
How long is the ER wait in Rhode Island?
The median emergency room visit in Rhode Island lasts 3 hr 38 min, 1 hr 10 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 Rhode Island hospitals have 5 stars?
0 of the 12 Rhode Island hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 8 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.