Hemphill County HospitalCanadian, TX
Hemphill County Hospital is a public critical access hospital in Canadian, Texas, with an emergency department. As of the July 2026 CMS release, patients treated and sent home spend a median of 2 hr 3 min in its emergency department, 24 min shorter than the Texas average of 2 hr 27 min.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyHemphill
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS48211
- Area Code806
Visiting Hemphill County Hospital
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
Patients spend an average of 2 hours 3 minutes in the emergency department at Hemphill County Hospital. That is 24 minutes shorter than the Texas average of 2 hours 27 minutes.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Hemphill County Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.
Compare ER waits across Texas · Other Critical Access hospitals in Texas · How we source this data · Something wrong on this page? Tell us
Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Hemphill County Hospital's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S.* |
|---|---|---|
| Typical time in the ER before going homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving, for ER patients sent home (not counting mental health patients or transfers). Lower is better. 1,518 patients. | 123 min | 162 min |
| Typical ER time for mental health patients sent homeMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 34 patients. | 166 min | 257 min |
| Typical ER time for patients transferred to another facilityMedian minutes from arrival to leaving. Lower is better. 172 patients. | 190 min | 287 min |
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 1,788 patients. | 0% | 2% |
| Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better. 80 patients. | 64% | 90%* |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. *Median of all hospitals CMS reports, where CMS publishes no national figure. About the data.
Doctors at Hemphill County Hospital
20 Medicare-enrolled doctors and specialists list this hospital as an affiliation, across 6 specialties.
Federal rules require hospitals to publish their prices, including the rates they've negotiated with each insurer and their cash prices. Hemphill County Hospital lists them here:
From the hospital's price transparency file (hchdst.org/cms-hpt.txt), checked Oct 24, 2026. For an estimate of what you'll pay, ask the hospital or your insurer; Medicare's averages are on our procedure cost pages.
Size and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Sep 2024
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Texas hospital finances.
Who owns Hemphill County Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Hemphill County Hospital District, a non-profit organization.
36 doctors and other clinicians list Hemphill County Hospital as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
The area around Hemphill County Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Mental health: Hemphill is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 13.
Dental: Hemphill is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 14.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Texas earn a median $95,970 a year. Healthcare salaries in Texas.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Texas shortage areas
Find doctors in Canadian
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Canadian, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.