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ER Wait Times in Nebraska: 83 Hospitals Compared

83 hospitals in Nebraska report how long their emergency room patients stay. The middle value here is 114 minutes; national (Medicare): 162 minutes.

In an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. Do not drive farther to save a few minutes: these are averages of past visits, and the sickest patients are always seen first.

What this time means

Each hospital’s number is Medicare measure OP-18b: the median (middle) time from arriving at the emergency room to leaving it, for patients who were treated and went home. Half of these patients left sooner, half later. It is not the time before seeing a doctor, and it leaves out patients who were admitted to the hospital, transferred, or seen for mental health.

Medicare’s name for the measure: “Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric care/mental health patients. A lower number of minutes is better”. Patients seen October 2024 to September 2025.

Emergency rooms in Nebraska, shortest time first

Ranked by Medicare's median time (OP-18b), shortest first; hospitals with the same time share a rank. Left without being seen: share of ER patients who left before a doctor or nurse saw them (January 2024 to December 2024; national 2%). ER volume: patients per year, as Medicare groups it.

ER wait times in Nebraska
#HospitalCityMedian time in the ERLeft without being seenER volume
1 Genoa Community Hospital Genoa 80 min (1 h 20 min)† Not reported —
2 Franklin County Memorial Hospital Franklin 81 min (1 h 21 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
3 Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center Osceola 86 min (1 h 26 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
4 Phelps Memorial Health Center Holdrege 87 min (1 h 27 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
5 Niobrara Valley Hospital Lynch 88 min (1 h 28 min) Not reported —
5 Thayer County Health Services Hebron 88 min (1 h 28 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
7 Webster County Community Hospital Red Cloud 89 min (1 h 29 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
8 Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, Inc Beatrice 92 min (1 h 32 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
8 CHI Health Plainview Hospital Plainview 92 min (1 h 32 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
10 Howard County Medical Center St Paul 93 min (1 h 33 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
11 Saunders Medical Center Wahoo 94 min (1 h 34 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
11 Twelve Clans Unity Hospital Winnebago 94 min (1 h 34 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
11 Valley County Health System Ord 94 min (1 h 34 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
14 Cozad Community Hospital Cozad 95 min (1 h 35 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
15 Butler County Health David City 98 min (1 h 38 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
16 Harlan County Health System Alma 99 min (1 h 39 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
16 Memorial Health Care Systems Seward 99 min (1 h 39 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
18 Faith Health Norfolk 101 min (1 h 41 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
19 Grand Island Regional Medical Center Grand Island 103 min (1 h 43 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
19 Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital Omaha 103 min (1 h 43 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
21 CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler 104 min (1 h 44 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
21 Community Medical Center, Inc Falls City 104 min (1 h 44 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
21 Crete Area Medical Center Crete 104 min (1 h 44 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
21 Pawnee County Memorial Hospital Pawnee City 104 min (1 h 44 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
25 Gordon Memorial Hospital District Gordon 106 min (1 h 46 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
25 Jefferson Community Health & Life Fairbury 106 min (1 h 46 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
25 Johnson County Hospital Tecumseh 106 min (1 h 46 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
25 Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala 106 min (1 h 46 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
25 Syracuse Area Health Syracuse 106 min (1 h 46 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
30 Avera Creighton Hospital Creighton 107 min (1 h 47 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
31 Kearney Regional Medical Center Kearney 109 min (1 h 49 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
32 Brown County Hospital Ainsworth 110 min (1 h 50 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
32 Chadron Hospital Chadron 110 min (1 h 50 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
32 Nemaha County Hospital Auburn 110 min (1 h 50 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
32 West Holt Memorial Hospital Atkinson 110 min (1 h 50 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
36 Boone County Health Center Albion 111 min (1 h 51 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
36 Fillmore County Hospital Geneva 111 min (1 h 51 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
36 Lexington Regional Health Center Lexington 111 min (1 h 51 min) Not reported —
36 Rock County Hospital Bassett 111 min (1 h 51 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
40 Bryan Medical Center Lincoln 112 min (1 h 52 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
41 Osmond General Hospital Osmond 114 min (1 h 54 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
41 St Francis Memorial Hospital West Point 114 min (1 h 54 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
43 Avera St Anthony's Hospital O' Neill 115 min (1 h 55 min) Not reported —
43 Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical Center Broken Bow 115 min (1 h 55 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
45 CHI Health St Mary's Nebraska City 116 min (1 h 56 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
45 Mary Lanning Healthcare Hastings 116 min (1 h 56 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
47 Antelope Memorial Hospital Neligh 117 min (1 h 57 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
48 CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island 120 min (2 h) 0% Low (under 20,000)
48 Henderson Community Hospital Henderson 120 min (2 h)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
50 Columbus Community Hospital, Inc Columbus 121 min (2 h 1 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
50 Providence Medical Center Wayne 121 min (2 h 1 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
52 Gothenburg Health Gothenburg 124 min (2 h 4 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
52 Memorial Hospital Aurora 124 min (2 h 4 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
54 Kearney County Health Services Hospital Minden 125 min (2 h 5 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
55 Brodstone Healthcare Superior 126 min (2 h 6 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
55 Callaway District Hospital Callaway 126 min (2 h 6 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
55 Methodist Fremont Health Fremont 126 min (2 h 6 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
55 York General Health Care Services York 126 min (2 h 6 min)† Not reported —
59 Merrick Medical Center Central City 127 min (2 h 7 min) Not reported —
60 CHI Health Immanuel Omaha 128 min (2 h 8 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
60 Great Plains Health North Platte 128 min (2 h 8 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
60 Memorial Community Hospital & Health System Blair 128 min (2 h 8 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
60 Pender Community Hospital Pender 128 min (2 h 8 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
64 Perkins County Health Services Grant 129 min (2 h 9 min)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
65 Kimball Health Services Kimball 134 min (2 h 14 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
66 Box Butte General Hospital Alliance 136 min (2 h 16 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
67 CHI Health Midlands Papillion 137 min (2 h 17 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
68 CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney 138 min (2 h 18 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
69 Sidney Regional Medical Center Sidney 143 min (2 h 23 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
70 Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue 144 min (2 h 24 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
71 Chase County Community Hospital Imperial 145 min (2 h 25 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
72 Cherry County Hospital Valentine 146 min (2 h 26 min)† Not reported —
72 Community Hospital McCook 146 min (2 h 26 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
72 Morrill County Community Hospital Bridgeport 146 min (2 h 26 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
75 Garden County Health Services Oshkosh 147 min (2 h 27 min) Not reported —
76 Tri Valley Health System Cambridge 148 min (2 h 28 min)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
77 CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha 156 min (2 h 36 min) 4% Very high (60,000 or more)
77 Dundy County Hospital Benkelman 156 min (2 h 36 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
77 The Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha 156 min (2 h 36 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
80 CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln 158 min (2 h 38 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
81 CHI Health Lakeside Omaha 179 min (2 h 59 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
82 Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff 202 min (3 h 22 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
83 The Nebraska Medical Center Omaha 256 min (4 h 16 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)

† Medicare footnote 3: the result is based on a shorter period than required.

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Common questions

Which ER in Nebraska has the shortest wait?

In Medicare's data for October 2024 to September 2025, Genoa Community Hospital had the shortest median time patients spent in the emergency room before going home: 80 minutes. This is the total time of the visit, not the time before seeing a doctor, and it is an average of past patients, not a promise for your visit.

What is the average ER wait time in Nebraska?

The middle value of the 83 hospitals listed here is 114 minutes. The national figure published by Medicare is 162 minutes. Each hospital's number is the median time from arriving at the emergency room to leaving it, for patients who were treated and went home.

Should I drive to a farther ER to wait less?

No. In an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. These times are past averages; emergency rooms see the sickest patients first, and minutes lost on the road can matter more than minutes in a waiting room.

Does a shorter time mean a better emergency room?

Not by itself. Busier emergency rooms and hospitals that treat more serious cases usually have longer times, so the ER volume is shown next to each time. The time is one measure among many on each hospital’s page.

Sources and dates

Only open hospitals that list an emergency room and report this time are included. The state and city figures are the median of the hospitals listed, calculated by us from the same CMS hospital file. Wording last revised November 11, 2026. Not medical advice.