Emergency rooms · Ohio
ER Wait Times in Ohio: 136 Hospitals Compared
136 hospitals in Ohio report how long their emergency room patients stay. The middle value here is 155 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 Ohio, 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 | Paulding County Hospital | Paulding | 74 min (1 h 14 min)† | Not reported | — |
| 2 | Harrison Community Hospital | Cadiz | 82 min (1 h 22 min) | Not reported | — |
| 3 | Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers | Montpelier | 91 min (1 h 31 min)† | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 4 | Adena Pike Medical Center | Waverly | 92 min (1 h 32 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 5 | Mercy Health - Willard Hospital | Willard | 99 min (1 h 39 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 6 | 88th Medical Group (Wright-Patterson AFB) | Wright-Patterson Afb | 101 min (1 h 41 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 7 | Mercy Allen Hospital | Oberlin | 103 min (1 h 43 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 8 | Henry County Hospital, Inc | Napoleon | 104 min (1 h 44 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 9 | Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital | New Albany | 106 min (1 h 46 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 10 | Kettering Health Miamisburg | Miamisburg | 108 min (1 h 48 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 11 | Diley Ridge Medical Center | Canal Winchester | 109 min (1 h 49 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 11 | Greenfield Area Medical Center | Greenfield | 109 min (1 h 49 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 11 | Kettering Health Greene Memorial | Xenia | 109 min (1 h 49 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 14 | Mercy Health - Urbana Hospital | Urbana | 110 min (1 h 50 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 15 | Selby General Hospital | Marietta | 113 min (1 h 53 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 16 | Barnesville Hospital Association, Inc | Barnesville | 115 min (1 h 55 min) | Not reported | — |
| 16 | Highland District Hospital | Hillsboro | 115 min (1 h 55 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 16 | Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital | Coldwater | 115 min (1 h 55 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 19 | Bucyrus Community Hospital | Bucyrus | 118 min (1 h 58 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 20 | Aultman Orrville Hospital | Orrville | 119 min (1 h 59 min)† | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 21 | Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital | Hamilton | 122 min (2 h 2 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 21 | Madison Health | London | 122 min (2 h 2 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 23 | Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers | Bryan | 124 min (2 h 4 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 23 | Fisher-Titus Hospital | Norwalk | 124 min (2 h 4 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 25 | Mount Carmel Dublin | Dublin | 125 min (2 h 5 min)† | Not reported | — |
| 26 | Bellevue Hospital | Bellevue | 127 min (2 h 7 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 26 | Kettering Health Dayton | Dayton | 127 min (2 h 7 min) | 3% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 26 | Kettering Health Troy | Troy | 127 min (2 h 7 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 26 | Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital | Defiance | 127 min (2 h 7 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 30 | Bluffton Hospital | Bluffton | 128 min (2 h 8 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 30 | Memorial Hospital | Fremont | 128 min (2 h 8 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 30 | Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital | Tiffin | 128 min (2 h 8 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 30 | Soin Medical Center | Beaver Creek | 128 min (2 h 8 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 34 | Adena Fayette Medical Center | Washington CH | 130 min (2 h 10 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 34 | OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital | Mansfield | 130 min (2 h 10 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 36 | Bay Park Community Hospital | Oregon | 131 min (2 h 11 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 36 | Galion Community Hospital | Galion | 131 min (2 h 11 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 36 | University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center | Conneaut | 131 min (2 h 11 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 39 | East Liverpool City Hospital | East Liverpool | 132 min (2 h 12 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 39 | McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital | Oxford | 132 min (2 h 12 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 39 | Wyandot Memorial Hospital | Upper Sandusky | 132 min (2 h 12 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 42 | Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital LLC | Mason | 134 min (2 h 14 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 43 | Wayne Hospital | Greenville | 136 min (2 h 16 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 44 | Fulton County Health Center | Wauseon | 137 min (2 h 17 min) | Not reported | — |
| 44 | Holzer Medical Center Jackson | Jackson | 137 min (2 h 17 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 46 | Holzer Medical Center | Gallipolis | 139 min (2 h 19 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 47 | Lodi Community Hospital | Lodi | 140 min (2 h 20 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 47 | The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health | Cincinnati | 140 min (2 h 20 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 49 | Mercy Health - West Hospital | Cincinnati | 142 min (2 h 22 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 49 | University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center | Ashland | 142 min (2 h 22 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 51 | Kettering Health Main Campus | Kettering | 144 min (2 h 24 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 51 | Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital | Batavia | 144 min (2 h 24 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 53 | Fairfield Medical Center | Lancaster | 145 min (2 h 25 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 54 | Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio | Portsmouth | 146 min (2 h 26 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 54 | Lutheran Hospital | Cleveland | 146 min (2 h 26 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 54 | Springfield Regional Medical Center | Springfield | 146 min (2 h 26 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 57 | Mount Carmel East & West | Columbus | 147 min (2 h 27 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 58 | Avita Ontario | Ontario | 148 min (2 h 28 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 59 | Coshocton Regional Medical Center | Coshocton | 149 min (2 h 29 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 59 | Grand Lake Health System | Saint Marys | 149 min (2 h 29 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 59 | Marietta Memorial Hospital | Marietta | 149 min (2 h 29 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 59 | Memorial Hospital | Marysville | 149 min (2 h 29 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 63 | Magruder Hospital | Port Clinton | 150 min (2 h 30 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 64 | Euclid Hospital | Euclid | 153 min (2 h 33 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 64 | Van Wert County Hospital | Van Wert | 153 min (2 h 33 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 66 | Grady Memorial Hospital | Delaware | 154 min (2 h 34 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 67 | Bethesda North | Cincinnati | 155 min (2 h 35 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 67 | Mercy Regional Medical Center | Lorain | 155 min (2 h 35 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 67 | TriHealth Clinton Regional Hospital | Wilmington | 155 min (2 h 35 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 70 | Mercy St Vincent Medical Center | Toledo | 156 min (2 h 36 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 70 | MetroHealth System | Cleveland | 156 min (2 h 36 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 72 | Good Samaritan Hospital | Cincinnati | 157 min (2 h 37 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 72 | Upper Valley Medical Center | Troy | 157 min (2 h 37 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 74 | Grant Medical Center | Columbus | 158 min (2 h 38 min) | 3% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 74 | Wood County Hospital | Bowling Green | 158 min (2 h 38 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 76 | Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center | Lima | 159 min (2 h 39 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 76 | Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital | Cincinnati | 159 min (2 h 39 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 76 | Miami Valley Hospital | Dayton | 159 min (2 h 39 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 79 | Summa Western Reserve Hospital | Cuyahoga Falls | 160 min (2 h 40 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 80 | Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital | Fairfield | 162 min (2 h 42 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 80 | Wilson Memorial Hospital | Sidney | 162 min (2 h 42 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 82 | Atrium Medical Center | Franklin | 163 min (2 h 43 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 83 | Lima Memorial Health System | Lima | 164 min (2 h 44 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 84 | Akron General Medical Center | Akron | 166 min (2 h 46 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 84 | South Pointe Hospital | Warrensville Heights | 166 min (2 h 46 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 84 | Wooster Community Hospital | Wooster | 166 min (2 h 46 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 87 | Mount Carmel St Ann's | Westerville | 167 min (2 h 47 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 88 | Lake Health | Concord | 168 min (2 h 48 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 89 | Mary Rutan Hospital | Bellefontaine | 169 min (2 h 49 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 90 | Alliance Community Hospital | Alliance | 171 min (2 h 51 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 90 | University of Toledo Medical Center | Toledo | 171 min (2 h 51 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 92 | Christ Hospital | Cincinnati | 172 min (2 h 52 min) | 3% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 93 | Firelands Regional Medical Center | Sandusky | 177 min (2 h 57 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 94 | Doctors Hospital | Columbus | 178 min (2 h 58 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 94 | Pomerene Hospital | Millersburg | 178 min (2 h 58 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 96 | ProMedica Toledo Hospital | Toledo | 180 min (3 h) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 97 | Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center | Cambridge | 184 min (3 h 4 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 98 | Licking Memorial Hospital | Newark | 185 min (3 h 5 min) | 4% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 99 | Medina Hospital | Medina | 186 min (3 h 6 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 99 | Summa Health System | Akron | 186 min (3 h 6 min) | 4% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 101 | Blanchard Valley Hospital | Findlay | 187 min (3 h 7 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 101 | Marion General Hospital | Marion | 187 min (3 h 7 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 101 | MH St Joseph Warren Hospital | Warren | 187 min (3 h 7 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 101 | UH Regional Hospitals | Chardon | 187 min (3 h 7 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 101 | University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center | Elyria | 187 min (3 h 7 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 106 | Uhhs Memorial Hospital of Geneva | Geneva | 188 min (3 h 8 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 107 | Adams County Regional Medical Center | Seaman | 189 min (3 h 9 min) | Not reported | — |
| 107 | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland | 189 min (3 h 9 min) | 3% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 109 | Marymount Hospital | Garfield Heights | 192 min (3 h 12 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 110 | Ashtabula County Medical Center | Ashtabula | 194 min (3 h 14 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 111 | Knox Community Hospital | Mount Vernon | 198 min (3 h 18 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 112 | Adena Regional Medical Center | Chillicothe | 199 min (3 h 19 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 112 | Southwest General Health Center | Middleburg Heights | 199 min (3 h 19 min) | 5% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 114 | Hillcrest Hospital | Mayfield Heights | 200 min (3 h 20 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 115 | Berger Hospital | Circleville | 201 min (3 h 21 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 116 | OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital | Athens | 202 min (3 h 22 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 117 | MH St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital | Youngstown | 205 min (3 h 25 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 118 | Salem Regional Medical Center | Salem | 207 min (3 h 27 min) | 4% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 119 | Genesis Hospital | Zanesville | 210 min (3 h 30 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 120 | Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West | Steubenville | 212 min (3 h 32 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 121 | Union Hospital | Dover | 216 min (3 h 36 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 122 | University Hospitals Portage Medical Center | Ravenna | 218 min (3 h 38 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 123 | West Chester Hospital | West Chester | 219 min (3 h 39 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 124 | Aultman Hospital | Canton | 220 min (3 h 40 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 125 | Southern Ohio Medical Center | Portsmouth | 226 min (3 h 46 min) | 4% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 126 | Dublin Methodist Hospital | Dublin | 229 min (3 h 49 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 127 | Riverside Methodist Hospital | Columbus | 230 min (3 h 50 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 128 | UH St John Medical Center | Westlake | 231 min (3 h 51 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 129 | UH Cleveland Medical Center | Cleveland | 241 min (4 h 1 min) | 5% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 130 | Fairview Hospital | Cleveland | 242 min (4 h 2 min) | 3% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 131 | University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center | Beachwood | 244 min (4 h 4 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 132 | Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital | Avon | 247 min (4 h 7 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLC | Cincinnati | 250 min (4 h 10 min) | 0% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 134 | Mercy Medical Center | Canton | 265 min (4 h 25 min) | 4% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 135 | HMHP St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center | Boardman | 274 min (4 h 34 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 136 | Ohio State University State Health System | Columbus | 317 min (5 h 17 min) | 6% | 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 Ohio
Common questions
Which ER in Ohio has the shortest wait?
In Medicare's data for October 2024 to September 2025, Paulding County Hospital had the shortest median time patients spent in the emergency room before going home: 74 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 Ohio?
The middle value of the 136 hospitals listed here is 155 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.