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ER Wait Times in Texas: 329 Hospitals Compared

329 hospitals in Texas report how long their emergency room patients stay. The middle value here is 138 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 Texas, 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 Texas
#HospitalCityMedian time in the ERLeft without being seenER volume
1 Mitchell County Hospital District Colorado City 48 min Not reported —
2 Memorial Hospital Gonzales 70 min (1 h 10 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
3 Baylor Surgical Hospital at Las Colinas Irving 71 min (1 h 11 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
4 Seymour Hospital Seymour 72 min (1 h 12 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
5 HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center Houston 75 min (1 h 15 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
6 Wilbarger General Hospital Vernon 78 min (1 h 18 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
7 Burleson St Joseph Health Center Caldwell 80 min (1 h 20 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
7 Palacios Community Medical Center Palacios 80 min (1 h 20 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
9 Memorial Hospital Dumas 81 min (1 h 21 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
10 Stonewall Memorial Hospital District Aspermont 84 min (1 h 24 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
11 Winkler County Memorial Hospital Kermit 86 min (1 h 26 min) Not reported —
12 Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club Trophy Club 87 min (1 h 27 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
12 Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital Sweetwater 87 min (1 h 27 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
14 Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling 88 min (1 h 28 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
14 Ochiltree General Hospital Perryton 88 min (1 h 28 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
16 Parkview Regional Hospital Mexia 89 min (1 h 29 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
17 Baylor Scott & White Emergency Hospital Aubrey 90 min (1 h 30 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
17 Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder 90 min (1 h 30 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
17 Shamrock General Hospital Shamrock 90 min (1 h 30 min) Not reported —
17 UT Health East Texas Jacksonville Hospital Jacksonville 90 min (1 h 30 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
21 Grimes St Joseph Health Center Navasota 92 min (1 h 32 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
21 Hansford County Hospital Spearman 92 min (1 h 32 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
21 Methodist McKinney Hospital McKinney 92 min (1 h 32 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
21 Palo Pinto General Hospital Mineral Wells 92 min (1 h 32 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
21 The Hospitals of Providence Horizon City Campus Horizon City 92 min (1 h 32 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
21 Yoakum Community Hospital Yoakum 92 min (1 h 32 min) Not reported —
27 Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland 93 min (1 h 33 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
27 Hereford Regional Medical Center Hereford 93 min (1 h 33 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
27 North Runnels Hospital Winters 93 min (1 h 33 min)† 1% Low (under 20,000)
27 UT Health East Texas Carthage Hospital Carthage 93 min (1 h 33 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
31 Hamilton Hospital Olney 94 min (1 h 34 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
31 Hardeman County Memorial Hospital Quanah 94 min (1 h 34 min)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
31 Riceland Medical Center Winnie 94 min (1 h 34 min)† Not reported —
34 Baylor Scott and White Emergency Hospital Burleson 95 min (1 h 35 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
34 Culberson Hospital Van Horn 95 min (1 h 35 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
34 Iraan General Hospital Iraan 95 min (1 h 35 min) Not reported —
34 Rankin Hospital Medical Clinic Rankin 95 min (1 h 35 min) Not reported —
38 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Jacksonville Jacksonville 96 min (1 h 36 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
39 Lamb Healthcare Center Littlefield 99 min (1 h 39 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
39 Sweeny Community Hospital Sweeny 99 min (1 h 39 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
41 Comanche County Medical Center Comanche 100 min (1 h 40 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
42 Rice Medical Center Eagle Lake 101 min (1 h 41 min) Not reported —
43 Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown Dallas 102 min (1 h 42 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
43 Baytown Medical Center Baytown 102 min (1 h 42 min)† 1% Low (under 20,000)
43 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Tyler 102 min (1 h 42 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
46 Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville 103 min (1 h 43 min)† Not reported —
47 AdventHealth Rollins Brook Lampasas 104 min (1 h 44 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
47 Glen Rose Medical Center Glen Rose 104 min (1 h 44 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
47 HCA Houston Healthcare West Houston 104 min (1 h 44 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
47 Mid Coast Medical Center - Bellville Bellville 104 min (1 h 44 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
47 Rio Grande Regional Hospital McAllen 104 min (1 h 44 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
47 W J Mangold Memorial Hospital Lockney 104 min (1 h 44 min)† Not reported —
53 OakBend Medical Center Richmond 105 min (1 h 45 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
54 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda 106 min (1 h 46 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
54 Bayside Community Hospital Anahuac 106 min (1 h 46 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
54 Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County Ho Andrews 106 min (1 h 46 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
54 South Texas Health System Edinburg 106 min (1 h 46 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
54 St. Michael's Medical Hospital Sugar Land 106 min (1 h 46 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
59 Medical Arts Hospital Lamesa 107 min (1 h 47 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
59 Medical City Alliance Fort Worth 107 min (1 h 47 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
61 Limestone Medical Center Groesbeck 108 min (1 h 48 min)† 3% Low (under 20,000)
61 Madison St Joseph Health Center Madisonville 108 min (1 h 48 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
61 Muenster Memorial Hospital Muenster 108 min (1 h 48 min)† Not reported —
61 Nocona General Hospital Nocona 108 min (1 h 48 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
61 North Central Surgical Center LLP Dallas 108 min (1 h 48 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
61 Refugio County Memorial Hospital Refugio 108 min (1 h 48 min) Not reported —
61 Schleicher County Medical Center Eldorado 108 min (1 h 48 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
68 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Winnsboro Winnsboro 109 min (1 h 49 min)† Not reported —
69 Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital Fortworth… Fort Worth 110 min (1 h 50 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
69 Brushy Creek Family Hospital LLC Round Rock 110 min (1 h 50 min)† Not reported —
69 Fisher County Hospital District Rotan 110 min (1 h 50 min) Not reported —
69 Mid Coast Medical Center - Central Llano 110 min (1 h 50 min)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
69 Pampa Regional Medical Center Pampa 110 min (1 h 50 min)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
69 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake Southlake 110 min (1 h 50 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
69 The Physicians Centre Bryan 110 min (1 h 50 min) 5% Low (under 20,000)
76 Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center Liberty 111 min (1 h 51 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
76 Methodist Hospital Atascosa Jourdanton 111 min (1 h 51 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
78 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco Frisco 112 min (1 h 52 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
78 Brownfield Regional Medical Center Brownfield 112 min (1 h 52 min) 4% Low (under 20,000)
78 Electra Memorial Hospital Electra 112 min (1 h 52 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
81 Crane County Hospital District Crane 113 min (1 h 53 min) Not reported —
81 Hamilton General Hospital Hamilton 113 min (1 h 53 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
81 Muleshoe Area Medical Center Muleshoe 113 min (1 h 53 min) Not reported —
84 Cornerstone Regional Hospital Edinburg 114 min (1 h 54 min) 5% Low (under 20,000)
84 Haskell Memorial Hospital Haskell 114 min (1 h 54 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
84 Matagorda Regional Medical Center Bay City 114 min (1 h 54 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
84 Medical City Fort Worth Fort Worth 114 min (1 h 54 min) 0% High (40,000–59,999)
88 Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand Oaks San Antonio 115 min (1 h 55 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
89 Ascension Seton Highland Lakes Burnet 116 min (1 h 56 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
89 Connally Memorial Medical Center Floresville 116 min (1 h 56 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
89 Plains Memorial Hospital Dimmitt 116 min (1 h 56 min) Not reported —
89 Sabine County Hospital Hemphill 116 min (1 h 56 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
89 Stephens Memorial Hospital Breckenridge 116 min (1 h 56 min)† Not reported —
89 Texoma Medical Center Denison 116 min (1 h 56 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
95 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Austin Austin 117 min (1 h 57 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
95 Collingsworth General Hospital Wellington 117 min (1 h 57 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
95 Jackson Healthcare Center Edna 117 min (1 h 57 min) Not reported —
95 North Texas Medical Center Gainesville 117 min (1 h 57 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
99 Crockett Medical Center Crockett 118 min (1 h 58 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
99 HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake Webster 118 min (1 h 58 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
99 HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood Kingwood 118 min (1 h 58 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
99 HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball Tomball 118 min (1 h 58 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
103 Childress Regional Medical Center Childress 119 min (1 h 59 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
103 The Heart Hospital Baylor Denton Denton 119 min (1 h 59 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
105 Big Bend Regional Medical Center Alpine 120 min (2 h) Not reported —
105 Ennis Regional Medical Center Ennis 120 min (2 h) 5% Low (under 20,000)
105 Martin County Hospital District Stanton 120 min (2 h) 2% Low (under 20,000)
105 Scenic Mountain Medical Center Big Spring 120 min (2 h) 4% Low (under 20,000)
109 Methodist Hospital for Surgery Addison 121 min (2 h 1 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
109 South Texas Spine and Surgical Hospital San Antonio 121 min (2 h 1 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
109 Swisher Memorial Hospital Tulia 121 min (2 h 1 min) Not reported —
112 Freestone Medical Center Fairfield 122 min (2 h 2 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
112 HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast Pasadena 122 min (2 h 2 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
112 Lavaca Medical Center Hallettsville 122 min (2 h 2 min)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
112 Medical City Lewisville Lewisville 122 min (2 h 2 min) 0% High (40,000–59,999)
116 Hemphill County Hospital Canadian 123 min (2 h 3 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
117 Concho County Hospital Eden 124 min (2 h 4 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
117 Doctors Hospital of Laredo Laredo 124 min (2 h 4 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
117 El Campo Memorial Hospital El Campo 124 min (2 h 4 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
117 Faith Community Hospital Jacksboro 124 min (2 h 4 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
117 Lillian M Hudspeth Memorial Hospital Sonora 124 min (2 h 4 min) Not reported —
117 Paris Regional Medical Center Paris 124 min (2 h 4 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
117 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenvill… Stephenville 124 min (2 h 4 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
124 Lake Granbury Medical Center Granbury 126 min (2 h 6 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
124 Ward Memorial Hospital Monahans 126 min (2 h 6 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
126 Frio Regional Hospital Pearsall 127 min (2 h 7 min) Not reported —
126 Las Palmas Medical Center a Campus of LPDS Healthc… El Paso 127 min (2 h 7 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
126 Medical City North Hills North Richland Hills 127 min (2 h 7 min) 0% High (40,000–59,999)
129 Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital at Sherma… Sherman 128 min (2 h 8 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
129 De Tar Hospital Navarro Victoria 128 min (2 h 8 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
129 Hendrick Medical Center Abilene 128 min (2 h 8 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)
129 Lynn County Hospital District Tahoka 128 min (2 h 8 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
133 CHI St. Luke's Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands 129 min (2 h 9 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
133 Kimble Hospital Junction 129 min (2 h 9 min) Not reported —
133 Medina Regional Hospital Hondo 129 min (2 h 9 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
136 Ascension Seton Southwest Austin 130 min (2 h 10 min) Not reported —
136 Baylor Scott and White Orthopedic and Spine Hospi Arlington 130 min (2 h 10 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
136 Coleman County Medical Center Company Coleman 130 min (2 h 10 min) Not reported —
136 Medical City Denton Denton 130 min (2 h 10 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
136 Parmer County Community Hospital Friona 130 min (2 h 10 min) Not reported —
141 Graham Regional Medical Center Graham 131 min (2 h 11 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
141 Medical City Arlington Arlington 131 min (2 h 11 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
143 East Houston Medical Center Houston 132 min (2 h 12 min)† 2% Low (under 20,000)
143 Goodall Witcher Hospital Clifton 132 min (2 h 12 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
143 Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo 132 min (2 h 12 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
146 Knapp Medical Center Weslaco 133 min (2 h 13 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
146 Round Rock Medical Center Round Rock 133 min (2 h 13 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
146 UT Health East Texas Henderson Hospital Henderson 133 min (2 h 13 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
149 CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Livingston Livingston 134 min (2 h 14 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
149 HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland Pearland 134 min (2 h 14 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
149 Medical City Las Colinas Irving 134 min (2 h 14 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
152 Ballinger Memorial Hospital Ballinger 135 min (2 h 15 min) Not reported —
152 Longview Regional Medical Center Longview 135 min (2 h 15 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
152 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle Azle 135 min (2 h 15 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
152 The Corpus Christi Medical Center Corpus Christi 135 min (2 h 15 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
156 Medical City Weatherford Weatherford 136 min (2 h 16 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
156 Palestine Regional Medical Center Palestine 136 min (2 h 16 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
156 Resolute Health Hospital New Braunfels 136 min (2 h 16 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
156 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen 136 min (2 h 16 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
156 UT Health East Texas Quitman Hospital Quitman 136 min (2 h 16 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
156 Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville Brownsville 136 min (2 h 16 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
162 Coryell Memorial Hospital Gatesville 137 min (2 h 17 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
162 Dallas Medical Center Dallas 137 min (2 h 17 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
162 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne Cleburne 137 min (2 h 17 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
165 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Pflugerville Pflugerville 138 min (2 h 18 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
165 Knox County Hospital Knox City 138 min (2 h 18 min)† 1% Low (under 20,000)
165 Methodist Hospital San Antonio 138 min (2 h 18 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
165 St David's South Austin Medical Center Austin 138 min (2 h 18 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
169 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs 140 min (2 h 20 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
169 Medical City Dallas Hospital Dallas 140 min (2 h 20 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
169 Methodist Southlake Medical Center Southlake 140 min (2 h 20 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
169 UT Health East Texas Pittsburg Hospital Pittsburg 140 min (2 h 20 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
173 Medical City Plano Plano 141 min (2 h 21 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
174 Ascension Seton Cedar Park Cedar Park 142 min (2 h 22 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
174 Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Lake Pointe Rowlett 142 min (2 h 22 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
176 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital-San Marcos San Marcos 143 min (2 h 23 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
177 Medical Center of McKinney McKinney 144 min (2 h 24 min) 0% High (40,000–59,999)
177 Shannon Medical Center San Angelo 144 min (2 h 24 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
177 Tyler County Hospital Woodville 144 min (2 h 24 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
180 VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC Harlingen 145 min (2 h 25 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
181 CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center Longview 146 min (2 h 26 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
181 CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville Beeville 146 min (2 h 26 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
181 St. Luke's Patients Medical Center Pasadena 146 min (2 h 26 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
184 CHRISTUS St Michael Health System Texarkana 147 min (2 h 27 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)
184 HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest Houston 147 min (2 h 27 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
184 Woodland Heights Medical Center Lufkin 147 min (2 h 27 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
187 AdventHealth Central Texas Killeen 148 min (2 h 28 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
187 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound 148 min (2 h 28 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
189 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman Kaufman 149 min (2 h 29 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
190 Medical Center Hospital Odessa 150 min (2 h 30 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)
190 Pecos County Memorial Hospital Fort Stockton 150 min (2 h 30 min)† Not reported —
190 Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington 150 min (2 h 30 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
190 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford… Bedford 150 min (2 h 30 min) 0% High (40,000–59,999)
194 Usmd Hospital at Arlington L P Arlington 151 min (2 h 31 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
195 Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital Tyler 152 min (2 h 32 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
195 CHI St. Luke's Health Brazosport Lake Jackson 152 min (2 h 32 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
195 Mission Regional Medical Center Mission 152 min (2 h 32 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
198 Odessa Regional Medical Center Odessa 153 min (2 h 33 min) 6% Medium (20,000–39,999)
198 University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Tyler 153 min (2 h 33 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
200 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Irving Irving 155 min (2 h 35 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
200 Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay 155 min (2 h 35 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
200 UT Health East Texas Athens Hospital Athens 155 min (2 h 35 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
203 Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview 156 min (2 h 36 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
203 Harlingen Medical Center Harlingen 156 min (2 h 36 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
203 Hill Country Memorial Hospital Fredericksburg 156 min (2 h 36 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
203 Nacogdoches Medical Center Nacogdoches 156 min (2 h 36 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
203 UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital Tyler 156 min (2 h 36 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
203 Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center Sherman 156 min (2 h 36 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
209 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Centennial Frisco 157 min (2 h 37 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
209 Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco 157 min (2 h 37 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
209 Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield 157 min (2 h 37 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
209 The Hospitals of Providence - Memorial Campus El Paso 157 min (2 h 37 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
213 CHI St Joseph Health Regional Hospital Bryan 158 min (2 h 38 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
213 HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe Conroe 158 min (2 h 38 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
213 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas 158 min (2 h 38 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
213 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton 158 min (2 h 38 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
213 The Hospitals of Providence - East Campus El Paso 158 min (2 h 38 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
218 Cuero Regional Hospital Cuero 159 min (2 h 39 min) 5% Low (under 20,000)
218 Houston Methodist Hospital Houston 159 min (2 h 39 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
218 Lubbock Heart Hospital LP Lubbock 159 min (2 h 39 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
218 Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Midlothian 159 min (2 h 39 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
218 Uvalde Memorial Hospital Uvalde 159 min (2 h 39 min) Not reported —
223 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls Marble Falls 160 min (2 h 40 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
223 Baylor Scott & White the Heart Hospital Plano Plano 160 min (2 h 40 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
223 Crescent Medical Center Lancaster Lancaster 160 min (2 h 40 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
223 Sierra Medical Center El Paso 160 min (2 h 40 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
223 St David's Medical Center Austin 160 min (2 h 40 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
228 Dimmit Regional Hospital Carrizo Springs 161 min (2 h 41 min) Not reported —
228 St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land 161 min (2 h 41 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
230 Peterson Regional Medical Center Kerrville 162 min (2 h 42 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
231 Ascension Seton Hays Kyle 163 min (2 h 43 min) Not reported —
231 North Austin Medical Center Austin 163 min (2 h 43 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
233 CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin 164 min (2 h 44 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
233 CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Alice Alice 164 min (2 h 44 min) 4% Medium (20,000–39,999)
233 Cleveland Emergency Hospital Humble 164 min (2 h 44 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
233 Covenant Medical Center Lubbock 164 min (2 h 44 min) 7% Very high (60,000 or more)
233 Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery Plan… Plano 164 min (2 h 44 min) 7% Low (under 20,000)
238 Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Houston 165 min (2 h 45 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
239 Dallas Regional Medical Center Mesquite 166 min (2 h 46 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
239 Methodist Hospital Stone Oak San Antonio 166 min (2 h 46 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
239 St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands 166 min (2 h 46 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
242 Brooke Army Medical Center (FT Sam Houston) Fort Sam Houston 168 min (2 h 48 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
242 CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital Jasper 168 min (2 h 48 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
242 Surgery Specialty Hospitals of America SE Houston Pasadena 168 min (2 h 48 min)† 0% Low (under 20,000)
245 Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Fort Worth 169 min (2 h 49 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
246 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center San Antonio 170 min (2 h 50 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
246 Memorial Hermann Houston Physicians Hospital Webster 170 min (2 h 50 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
248 Coon Memorial Hospital Dalhart 172 min (2 h 52 min) 0% Low (under 20,000)
248 The Woman's Hospital of Texas Houston 172 min (2 h 52 min) 1% Low (under 20,000)
248 United Regional Health Care System Wichita Falls 172 min (2 h 52 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)
251 Ascension Seton Northwest Austin 173 min (2 h 53 min) Not reported —
251 Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress 173 min (2 h 53 min)† Not reported —
251 Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston 173 min (2 h 53 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
254 Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital Nacogdoches 174 min (2 h 54 min) 2% Low (under 20,000)
254 Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Harker Heights 174 min (2 h 54 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
254 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano 174 min (2 h 54 min) 0% High (40,000–59,999)
257 Navarro Regional Hospital Corsicana 175 min (2 h 55 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
258 Baptist Medical Center San Antonio 176 min (2 h 56 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)
258 Hunt Regional Medical Center Greenville 176 min (2 h 56 min) 4% Very high (60,000 or more)
258 The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus El Paso 176 min (2 h 56 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
258 Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville 176 min (2 h 56 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
262 Fort Duncan Medical Center Eagle Pass 177 min (2 h 57 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
263 Ascension Seton Williamson Round Rock 179 min (2 h 59 min) Not reported —
263 Darnall AMC (FT Cavazos) Fort Cavazos 179 min (2 h 59 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
265 Columbus Community Hospital Columbus 180 min (3 h) 2% Low (under 20,000)
265 Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood Brownwood 180 min (3 h) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
265 Laredo Medical Center Laredo 180 min (3 h) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
265 St. Joseph Medical Center Houston 180 min (3 h) 7% Medium (20,000–39,999)
269 Golden Plains Community Hospital Borger 182 min (3 h 2 min)† Not reported —
269 Methodist Richardson Medical Center Richardson 182 min (3 h 2 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
271 Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin 184 min (3 h 4 min) Not reported —
272 Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall Rockwall 185 min (3 h 5 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
273 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth 186 min (3 h 6 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
273 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest F… Fort Worth 186 min (3 h 6 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
275 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Grapevine Grapevine 187 min (3 h 7 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
276 CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi Corpus Christi 188 min (3 h 8 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
276 CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Kleberg Kingsville 188 min (3 h 8 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
276 Starr County Memorial Hospital Rio Grande City 188 min (3 h 8 min) 3% Low (under 20,000)
276 Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Fort Worth 188 min (3 h 8 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
280 University Medical Center Lubbock 189 min (3 h 9 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
280 William Beaumont AMG (FT Bliss) El Paso 189 min (3 h 9 min) 5% Medium (20,000–39,999)
282 Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston 190 min (3 h 10 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
282 The Medical Center of Southeast Texas Port Arthur 190 min (3 h 10 min) 5% Medium (20,000–39,999)
282 University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Galveston 190 min (3 h 10 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
282 UTMB Health Angleton Danbury Campus Hospital Angleton 190 min (3 h 10 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
282 UTMB Health League City Campus Hospital League City 190 min (3 h 10 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
287 Westover Hills Baptist Hospital San Antonio 191 min (3 h 11 min)† Not reported —
288 JPS Health Network Fort Worth 192 min (3 h 12 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
289 Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land 193 min (3 h 13 min) 0% High (40,000–59,999)
289 Midland Memorial Hospital Midland 193 min (3 h 13 min) 4% Very high (60,000 or more)
291 Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin 194 min (3 h 14 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
291 Huntsville Memorial Hospital Huntsville 194 min (3 h 14 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
293 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock 195 min (3 h 15 min) 3% High (40,000–59,999)
293 CHRISTUS Southeast Texas- St Elizabeth Beaumont 195 min (3 h 15 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
295 Titus Regional Medical Center Mount Pleasant 198 min (3 h 18 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
295 Val Verde Regional Medical Center Del Rio 198 min (3 h 18 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
297 Citizens Medical Center Victoria 200 min (3 h 20 min) 3% Medium (20,000–39,999)
298 White Rock Medical Center Dallas 203 min (3 h 23 min) 4% Low (under 20,000)
299 Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land 204 min (3 h 24 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
300 Carrollton Regional Medical Center Carrollton 205 min (3 h 25 min) 4% Medium (20,000–39,999)
301 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Plano Plano 206 min (3 h 26 min) 1% Medium (20,000–39,999)
301 The Woodlands Specialty Hospital Spring 206 min (3 h 26 min)† 1% Low (under 20,000)
303 Baptist Beaumont Hospital Beaumont 207 min (3 h 27 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)
304 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati… College Station 208 min (3 h 28 min) 2% High (40,000–59,999)
305 St. Luke's Hospital at The Vintage Houston 209 min (3 h 29 min) 0% Medium (20,000–39,999)
306 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Waxahachie Waxahachie 212 min (3 h 32 min) 3% High (40,000–59,999)
306 Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Mansfield 212 min (3 h 32 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
308 Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas 213 min (3 h 33 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
309 Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands 214 min (3 h 34 min) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
310 BSA Hospital Amarillo 215 min (3 h 35 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
311 Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown 216 min (3 h 36 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
312 Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinney McKinney 218 min (3 h 38 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
313 Doctors Hosptal at Renaissance Edinburg 219 min (3 h 39 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
314 Ascension Providence Waco 223 min (3 h 43 min) Not reported —
315 Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale Sunnyvale 228 min (3 h 48 min) 2% Medium (20,000–39,999)
316 Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas 229 min (3 h 49 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
317 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Temple 232 min (3 h 52 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
318 Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth 233 min (3 h 53 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
319 Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital Humble 235 min (3 h 55 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
320 University Medical Center of El Paso El Paso 240 min (4 h) 0% Very high (60,000 or more)
321 Dell Seton Med Center at the University of TX Austin 249 min (4 h 9 min) Not reported —
322 Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital Katy 251 min (4 h 11 min) 1% Very high (60,000 or more)
323 Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center Houston 252 min (4 h 12 min) 5% Very high (60,000 or more)
324 Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest Waco 255 min (4 h 15 min) 4% Very high (60,000 or more)
325 Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital Houston 259 min (4 h 19 min) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
326 Baylor University Medical Center Dallas 264 min (4 h 24 min) 3% Very high (60,000 or more)
327 Parkland Health & Hospital System Dallas 295 min (4 h 55 min) 2% Very high (60,000 or more)
328 UT of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. Dallas 300 min (5 h) 1% High (40,000–59,999)
329 University Health System San Antonio 366 min (6 h 6 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 Texas

Best-rated hospitals in Texas ER wait times, every state ERs near me ER or urgent care? Best-rated care by city

Common questions

Which ER in Texas has the shortest wait?

In Medicare's data for October 2024 to September 2025, Mitchell County Hospital District had the shortest median time patients spent in the emergency room before going home: 48 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 Texas?

The middle value of the 329 hospitals listed here is 138 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.