Emergency rooms · Pennsylvania
ER Wait Times in Pennsylvania: 135 Hospitals Compared
135 hospitals in Pennsylvania report how long their emergency room patients stay. The middle value here is 188 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 Pennsylvania, 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 | Penn Highlands Connellsville | Connellsville | 68 min (1 h 8 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 2 | Barnes-Kasson County Hospital | Susquehanna | 80 min (1 h 20 min)† | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 3 | Bucktail Medical Center | Renovo | 82 min (1 h 22 min)† | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 4 | Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center | Meyersdale | 84 min (1 h 24 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 5 | Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, LLC | Greensburg | 96 min (1 h 36 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 6 | St Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus | Easton | 101 min (1 h 41 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 7 | Fulton County Medical Center | McConnellsburg | 102 min (1 h 42 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 7 | UPMC Kane | Kane | 102 min (1 h 42 min)† | Not reported | — |
| 9 | Penn Highlands Tyrone | Tyrone | 104 min (1 h 44 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 10 | Lehigh Valley Hospital - Macungie | Macungie | 112 min (1 h 52 min)† | Not reported | — |
| 11 | UPMC Muncy | Muncy | 115 min (1 h 55 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 12 | Endless Mountains Health Systems | Montrose | 120 min (2 h) | Not reported | — |
| 12 | UPMC Greene | Waynesburg | 120 min (2 h) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 14 | Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital | Jersey Shore | 122 min (2 h 2 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 15 | Excela Health - Frick Hospital | Mount Pleasant | 124 min (2 h 4 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 15 | Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital | Orwigsburg | 124 min (2 h 4 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 17 | Conemaugh Miners Medical Center | Hastings | 126 min (2 h 6 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 18 | Lecom Medical Center and Behavioral Health Pav | Erie | 131 min (2 h 11 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 19 | Sharon Regional Medical Center | Sharon | 132 min (2 h 12 min)† | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 19 | St Lukes Hospital | Bethlehem | 132 min (2 h 12 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 21 | Heritage Valley Sewickley | Sewickley | 135 min (2 h 15 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 21 | Penn Highlands Brookville | Brookville | 135 min (2 h 15 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 23 | Penn Highlands Huntingdon | Huntingdon | 136 min (2 h 16 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 23 | Punxsutawney Area Hospital | Punxsutawney | 136 min (2 h 16 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 23 | UPMC Northwest | Seneca | 136 min (2 h 16 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 26 | Titusville Area Hospital | Titusville | 138 min (2 h 18 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 27 | Troy Community Hospital | Troy | 140 min (2 h 20 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 28 | Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber | Windber | 141 min (2 h 21 min) | 6% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 28 | Conemaugh Nason Medical Center | Roaring Spring | 141 min (2 h 21 min) | 4% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 30 | UPMC Bedford Memorial | Everett | 142 min (2 h 22 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 31 | St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital | Coaldale | 145 min (2 h 25 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 31 | WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital | Waynesboro | 145 min (2 h 25 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 33 | UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | 146 min (2 h 26 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 34 | UPMC Cole | Coudersport | 147 min (2 h 27 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 35 | Gettysburg Hospital | Gettysburg | 149 min (2 h 29 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 35 | St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus | Lehighton | 149 min (2 h 29 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 37 | Grove City Medical Center | Grove City | 150 min (2 h 30 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 37 | Lower Bucks Hospital | Bristol | 150 min (2 h 30 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 39 | Canonsburg General Hospital | Canonsburg | 155 min (2 h 35 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 39 | Lecom Health Corry Memorial Hospital | Corry | 155 min (2 h 35 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 41 | UPMC Horizon | Greenville | 156 min (2 h 36 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 42 | Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City | Dickson City | 160 min (2 h 40 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 43 | Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital | Bloomsburg | 162 min (2 h 42 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 44 | Robert Packer Hospital | Sayre | 163 min (2 h 43 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 45 | Penn Highlands Dubois | Dubois | 164 min (2 h 44 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 45 | UPMC Lititz | Lititz | 164 min (2 h 44 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 47 | Geisinger Medical Center | Danville | 165 min (2 h 45 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 48 | Independence Health System Clarion Hospital | Clarion | 166 min (2 h 46 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 49 | UPMC Jameson | New Castle | 169 min (2 h 49 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 50 | Indiana Regional Medical Center | Indiana | 170 min (2 h 50 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 50 | Jefferson Hospital | Jefferson Hills | 170 min (2 h 50 min) | 0% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 50 | St Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus | Stroudsburg | 170 min (2 h 50 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 53 | Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street | Pottsville | 172 min (2 h 52 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 54 | Penn Highlands Mon Valley | Monongahela | 173 min (2 h 53 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 55 | Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | Johnstown | 176 min (2 h 56 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 56 | Phoenixville Hospital | Phoenixville | 178 min (2 h 58 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 56 | WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | 178 min (2 h 58 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 58 | St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus | Quakertown | 179 min (2 h 59 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 59 | Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital | Lewistown | 181 min (3 h 1 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 59 | Lehigh Valley Hospital | Allentown | 181 min (3 h 1 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 61 | Ahn Wexford Hospital | Wexford | 184 min (3 h 4 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 61 | WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | 184 min (3 h 4 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 63 | Heritage Valley Beaver | Beaver | 185 min (3 h 5 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 64 | Roxborough Memorial Hospital | Philadelphia | 186 min (3 h 6 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 64 | Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | 186 min (3 h 6 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 66 | Regional Hospital of Scranton | Scranton | 187 min (3 h 7 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 67 | Mount Nittany Medical Center | State College | 188 min (3 h 8 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 67 | Penn Highlands Elk | Saint Marys | 188 min (3 h 8 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 69 | Excela Health Latrobe Hospital | Latrobe | 190 min (3 h 10 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 69 | Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital | Greensburg | 190 min (3 h 10 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 71 | UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | 192 min (3 h 12 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 72 | UPMC Hamot | Erie | 193 min (3 h 13 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 73 | Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita… | Butler | 194 min (3 h 14 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 73 | Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton | Hazleton | 194 min (3 h 14 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 73 | Warren General Hospital | Warren | 194 min (3 h 14 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 76 | Acmh Hospital | Kittanning | 195 min (3 h 15 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 76 | Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center | Meadowbrook | 195 min (3 h 15 min) | 4% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 76 | Pottstown Hospital | Pottstown | 195 min (3 h 15 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 79 | Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center | Enola | 196 min (3 h 16 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 80 | UPMC Passavant | Pittsburgh | 197 min (3 h 17 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 80 | WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital | Lebanon | 197 min (3 h 17 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 82 | Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center | Wilkes-Barre | 200 min (3 h 20 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 82 | Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System | Pittsburgh | 200 min (3 h 20 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 82 | St Clair Hospital | Pittsburgh | 200 min (3 h 20 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 85 | Meadville Medical Center | Meadville | 202 min (3 h 22 min) | 4% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 86 | Allegheny Valley Hospital | Natrona | 203 min (3 h 23 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 87 | UPMC McKeesport Hospital | McKeesport | 205 min (3 h 25 min) | 4% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 88 | West Penn Hospital | Pittsburgh | 208 min (3 h 28 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 89 | Lancaster General Hospital | Lancaster | 209 min (3 h 29 min) | 0% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 89 | Wilkes-Barre General Hospital | Wilkes-Barre | 209 min (3 h 29 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 91 | UPMC Altoona | Altoona | 210 min (3 h 30 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 92 | Geisinger-Community Medical Center | Scranton | 211 min (3 h 31 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 92 | UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | 211 min (3 h 31 min) | 0% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 94 | Wayne Memorial Hospital | Honesdale | 212 min (3 h 32 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 95 | Bryn Mawr Hospital | Bryn Mawr | 214 min (3 h 34 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 96 | UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals | Harrisburg | 215 min (3 h 35 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 97 | Saint Vincent Hospital | Erie | 219 min (3 h 39 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 98 | Paoli Hospital | Paoli | 220 min (3 h 40 min) | 0% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 98 | UPMC Somerset | Somerset | 220 min (3 h 40 min) | 2% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 100 | Nazareth Hospital | Philadelphia | 222 min (3 h 42 min) | 4% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 101 | Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald | Darby | 223 min (3 h 43 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 102 | UPMC Hanover | Hanover | 225 min (3 h 45 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 102 | UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | 225 min (3 h 45 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 104 | Doylestown Hospital | Doylestown | 228 min (3 h 48 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 105 | St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus | Sellersville | 229 min (3 h 49 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 106 | Reading Hospital | West Reading | 230 min (3 h 50 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 107 | Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center | Lancaster | 231 min (3 h 51 min) | 4% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 108 | Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono | East Stroudsburg | 232 min (3 h 52 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 108 | Penn State Health St. Joseph | Reading | 232 min (3 h 52 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 110 | UPMC St Margaret | Pittsburgh | 233 min (3 h 53 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 111 | Jefferson Lansdale Hospital | Lansdale | 234 min (3 h 54 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 111 | Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital | Philadelphia | 234 min (3 h 54 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 111 | UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside | Pittsburgh | 234 min (3 h 54 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | Philadelphia | 236 min (3 h 56 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 115 | St Mary Medical Center | Langhorne | 237 min (3 h 57 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 116 | Chester County Hospital | West Chester | 241 min (4 h 1 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 117 | The Washington Hospital | Washington | 242 min (4 h 2 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 118 | Temple University Hospital | Philadelphia | 243 min (4 h 3 min) | 11% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 119 | UPMC East | Monroeville | 245 min (4 h 5 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 120 | Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center | Camp Hill | 252 min (4 h 12 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 121 | WellSpan York Hospital | York | 254 min (4 h 14 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 122 | Jefferson Abington Hospital | Abington | 256 min (4 h 16 min) | 4% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 122 | WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital | Lewisburg | 256 min (4 h 16 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 124 | Forbes Hospital | Monroeville | 261 min (4 h 21 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 124 | Milton S Hershey Medical Center | Hershey | 261 min (4 h 21 min) | 2% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 126 | UPMC Memorial | York | 266 min (4 h 26 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 127 | Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital | Philadelphia | 268 min (4 h 28 min) | 11% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 128 | Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | 274 min (4 h 34 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 129 | Pennsylvania Hospital | Philadelphia | 280 min (4 h 40 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 130 | Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 290 min (4 h 50 min) | 6% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 131 | Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital | East Norriton | 297 min (4 h 57 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 132 | Main Line Hospital Lankenau | Wynnewood | 299 min (4 h 59 min) | 4% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 133 | Riddle Memorial Hospital | Media | 302 min (5 h 2 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 134 | Jefferson Health- Northeast | Philadelphia | 316 min (5 h 16 min) | 5% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 135 | Penn Presbyterian Medical Center | Philadelphia | 326 min (5 h 26 min) | 5% | High (40,000–59,999) |
† Medicare footnote 3: the result is based on a shorter period than required.
ER wait times by city in Pennsylvania
Common questions
Which ER in Pennsylvania has the shortest wait?
In Medicare's data for October 2024 to September 2025, Penn Highlands Connellsville had the shortest median time patients spent in the emergency room before going home: 68 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 Pennsylvania?
The middle value of the 135 hospitals listed here is 188 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.