ER Wait Times in Nevada: 35 Hospitals Compared
35 hospitals in Nevada report how long their emergency room patients stay. The middle value here is 152 minutes; national (Medicare): 162 minutes.
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 Nevada, 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.
| # | Hospital | City | Median time in the ER | Left without being seen | ER volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Grant General Hospital | Hawthorne | 82 min (1 h 22 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 2 | Incline Village Community Hospital | Incline Village | 85 min (1 h 25 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 3 | Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - North Las Vegas | North las Vegas | 91 min (1 h 31 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 4 | South Lyon Medical Center | Yerington | 98 min (1 h 38 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 5 | Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Rose de Lima | Henderson | 100 min (1 h 40 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 6 | Boulder City Hospital | Boulder City | 108 min (1 h 48 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 7 | Humboldt General Hospital | Winnemucca | 113 min (1 h 53 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 7 | Pershing General Hospital | Lovelock | 113 min (1 h 53 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 9 | Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center | Las Vegas | 114 min (1 h 54 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 10 | Battle Mountain General Hospital | Batte MTN | 115 min (1 h 55 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 11 | Banner Churchill Community Hospital | Fallon | 124 min (2 h 4 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 12 | 99th Medical Group (Nellis AFB) | Nellis Afb | 127 min (2 h 7 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 13 | North Vista Hospital | North las Vegas | 131 min (2 h 11 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 14 | Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center | Reno | 140 min (2 h 20 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 15 | Carson Valley Health | Gardnerville | 143 min (2 h 23 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 16 | Mesa View Regional Hospital | Mesquite | 144 min (2 h 24 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 17 | Northern Nevada Medical Center | Sparks | 145 min (2 h 25 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 18 | Grover C Dils Medical Center | Caliente | 152 min (2 h 32 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 19 | West Henderson Hospital | Henderson | 155 min (2 h 35 min)† | Not reported | — |
| 20 | Henderson Hospital | Henderson | 160 min (2 h 40 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 21 | Desert View Hospital | Pahrump | 163 min (2 h 43 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 22 | Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center | Las Vegas | 165 min (2 h 45 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 23 | Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center | Carson City | 167 min (2 h 47 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 23 | Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - San Martin Campus | Las Vegas | 167 min (2 h 47 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 25 | Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center | Las Vegas | 168 min (2 h 48 min) | 0% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 25 | Mountainview Hospital | Las Vegas | 168 min (2 h 48 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 27 | Valley Hospital Medical Center | Las Vegas | 169 min (2 h 49 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 28 | Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus | Henderson | 172 min (2 h 52 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 29 | Renown Regional Medical Center | Reno | 176 min (2 h 56 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 30 | Renown South Meadows Medical Center | Reno | 181 min (3 h 1 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 31 | Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center | Las Vegas | 185 min (3 h 5 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 32 | William Bee Ririe Hospital | Ely | 194 min (3 h 14 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 33 | Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital | Elko | 207 min (3 h 27 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 34 | Summerlin Hospital Medical Center | Las Vegas | 210 min (3 h 30 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 35 | University Medical Center | Las Vegas | 238 min (3 h 58 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
† Medicare footnote 3: the result is based on a shorter period than required.
ER wait times by city in Nevada
Common questions
Which ER in Nevada has the shortest wait?
In Medicare's data for October 2024 to September 2025, Mount Grant General Hospital had the shortest median time patients spent in the emergency room before going home: 82 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 Nevada?
The middle value of the 35 hospitals listed here is 152 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
- Timely and Effective Care - Hospital — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data updated July 22, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026. Times: patients seen October 2024 to September 2025; left without being seen: January 2024 to December 2024.
- Timely and Effective Care - National — CMS, data updated July 22, 2026 (the national figures).
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.