ER Wait Times in West Virginia: 44 Hospitals Compared
44 hospitals in West Virginia report how long their emergency room patients stay. The middle value here is 138.5 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 West Virginia, 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 | Grafton City Hospital, Inc | Grafton | 73 min (1 h 13 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 2 | Webster Memorial Hospital | Webster Springs | 78 min (1 h 18 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 3 | Minnie Hamilton Health System | Grantsville | 80 min (1 h 20 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 4 | Mon Health Marion | Whitehall | 86 min (1 h 26 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 5 | Hampshire Memorial Hospital | Romney | 98 min (1 h 38 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 5 | Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company | Weston | 98 min (1 h 38 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 7 | Montgomery General Hospital | Montgomery | 100 min (1 h 40 min)† | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 8 | Braxton County Memorial Hospital, Inc | Gassaway | 102 min (1 h 42 min) | Not reported | — |
| 8 | Vandalia Health Broaddus Hospital | Philippi | 102 min (1 h 42 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 10 | Rivers Health | Point Pleasant | 104 min (1 h 44 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 11 | Boone Memorial Hospital | Madison | 105 min (1 h 45 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 11 | Pocahontas Memorial Hospital | Buckeye | 105 min (1 h 45 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 13 | Valley Health War Memorial Hospital | Berkeley Springs | 106 min (1 h 46 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 14 | Sistersville General Hospital | Sistersville | 108 min (1 h 48 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 15 | Grant Memorial Hospital | Petersburg | 110 min (1 h 50 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 16 | Preston Memorial Hospital | Kingwood | 112 min (1 h 52 min) | Not reported | — |
| 16 | Roane General Hospital | Spencer | 112 min (1 h 52 min)† | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 18 | Potomac Valley Hospital | Keyser | 119 min (1 h 59 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 19 | Summers County Arh Hospital | Hinton | 121 min (2 h 1 min) | 0% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 20 | Jackson General Hospital | Ripley | 127 min (2 h 7 min) | Not reported | — |
| 21 | Wetzel County Hospital | New Martinsville | 133 min (2 h 13 min) | 1% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 22 | Summersville Regional Medical Center | Summersville | 136 min (2 h 16 min) | Not reported | — |
| 23 | St Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc | Buckhannon | 141 min (2 h 21 min) | 3% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 24 | Weirton Medical Center, Inc | Weirton | 150 min (2 h 30 min) | 4% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 25 | Davis Medical Center | Elkins | 156 min (2 h 36 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 26 | Camc Plateau Medical Center, Inc | Oak Hill | 161 min (2 h 41 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 27 | Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc | Glen Dale | 162 min (2 h 42 min) | Not reported | — |
| 28 | Logan Regional Medical Center | Logan | 166 min (2 h 46 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 29 | Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | 167 min (2 h 47 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 30 | Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc | Princeton | 172 min (2 h 52 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 31 | Jefferson Medical Center | Ranson | 173 min (2 h 53 min) | Not reported | — |
| 32 | Charleston Area Medical Center | Charleston | 182 min (3 h 2 min) | 4% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 33 | Mon Health Medical Center | Morgantown | 185 min (3 h 5 min) | 2% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 34 | Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc | Ronceverte | 186 min (3 h 6 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 35 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc | Morgantown | 190 min (3 h 10 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 36 | Raleigh General Hospital | Beckley | 194 min (3 h 14 min) | 1% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 37 | Welch Community Hospital | Welch | 199 min (3 h 19 min) | Not reported | — |
| 38 | Wheeling Hospital, Inc | Wheeling | 203 min (3 h 23 min) | 1% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 39 | Thomas Memorial Hospital | South Charleston | 205 min (3 h 25 min) | 6% | Medium (20,000–39,999) |
| 40 | St Marys Medical Center | Huntington | 209 min (3 h 29 min) | 1% | Very high (60,000 or more) |
| 41 | United Hospital Center, Inc | Bridgeport | 212 min (3 h 32 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 42 | Beckley Arh Hospital | Beckley | 219 min (3 h 39 min) | 3% | Low (under 20,000) |
| 43 | Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc | Huntington | 223 min (3 h 43 min) | 2% | High (40,000–59,999) |
| 44 | Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | 226 min (3 h 46 min) | 3% | High (40,000–59,999) |
† Medicare footnote 3: the result is based on a shorter period than required.
ER wait times by city in West Virginia
Common questions
Which ER in West Virginia has the shortest wait?
In Medicare's data for October 2024 to September 2025, Grafton City Hospital, Inc had the shortest median time patients spent in the emergency room before going home: 73 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 West Virginia?
The middle value of the 44 hospitals listed here is 138.5 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.