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Fastest 5 in Tennessee
- Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint, Hartsville: 1 hr 13 min
- Stones River Hospital, Woodbury: 1 hr 26 min
- Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th, Carthage: 1 hr 34 min
- Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital, Pikeville: 1 hr 36 min
- Hancock County Hospital, Sneedville: 1 hr 44 min
Slowest 5 in Tennessee
- Regional One Health, Memphis: 4 hr 54 min
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville: 4 hr 29 min
- Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville: 4 hr 28 min
- Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville: 4 hr 19 min
- University Health System, Inc, Knoxville: 4 hr 9 min
Typical total visit time for patients who went home, from Medicare data for October 2024 to September 2025. Not live waits. Large teaching and trauma hospitals often show longer times because they care for the sickest patients and take transfers from other hospitals. In an emergency, go to the closest ER or call 911. Last checked October 25, 2026 against the latest Medicare release. CMS refreshes these numbers about every three months, and I update this site after each release.
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
500 Church Street, Hartsville, TN 37074
1 hr 13 min
typical ER visit
Stones River Hospital
324 Doolittle Road, Woodbury, TN 37190
1 hr 26 min
typical ER visit
Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th
158 Hospital Drive, Carthage, TN 37030
1 hr 34 min
typical ER visit
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
71 Wheelertown Avenue, Pikeville, TN 37367
1 hr 36 min
typical ER visit
Hancock County Hospital
1519 Main Street Hwy 33, Sneedville, TN 37869
1 hr 44 min
typical ER visit
Dekalb Community Hospital
520 W Main St, Smithville, TN 37166
1 hr 48 min
typical ER visit
Macon Community Hospital
204 Medical Drive, Lafayette, TN 37083
1 hr 48 min
typical ER visit
Parkridge Medical Center
2333 Mccallie Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404
1 hr 51 min
typical ER visit
Houston County Community Hospital
5001 East Main Street, Erin, TN 37061
1 hr 51 min
typical ER visit
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
851 Locust Street, Rogersville, TN 37857
1 hr 53 min
typical ER visit
Livingston Regional Hospital
315 Oak St Box 550, Livingston, TN 38570
1 hr 54 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Centennial Medical Center
2300 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203
1 hr 55 min
typical ER visit
Lauderdale Community Hospital
340 Asbury Avenue, Ripley, TN 38063
1 hr 55 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Horizon Medical Center
111 Highway 70 East, Dickson, TN 37055
1 hr 56 min
typical ER visit
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll County
631 Rb Wilson Dr, Huntingdon, TN 38344
1 hr 59 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center
391 Wallace Rd, Nashville, TN 37211
1 hr 59 min
typical ER visit
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski
1265 E College St, Pulaski, TN 38478
2 hr
typical ER visit
Marshall Medical Center
1080 North Ellington Parkway, Lewisburg, TN 37091
2 hr 1 min
typical ER visit
Metro Nashville General Hospital
1818 Albion Street, Nashville, TN 37208
2 hr 5 min
typical ER visit
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital
2835 Hwy 231 North, Shelbyville, TN 37160
2 hr 5 min
typical ER visit
Claiborne Medical Center
1850 Old Knoxville Highway, Tazewell, TN 37879
2 hr 6 min
typical ER visit
Haywood County Community Hospital
2545 North Washington Avenue, Brownsville, TN 38012
2 hr 6 min
typical ER visit
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
451 Highway 13 South, Waverly, TN 37185
2 hr 7 min
typical ER visit
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence
1607 South Locust Avenue, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
2 hr 9 min
typical ER visit
Lincoln Medical Center
106 Medical Center Blvd, Fayetteville, TN 37334
2 hr 10 min
typical ER visit
Johnson County Community Hospital
1901 S Shady St, Mountain City, TN 37683
2 hr 11 min
typical ER visit
Unity Medical Center
481 Interstate Drive, Manchester, TN 37355
2 hr 12 min
typical ER visit
West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital
650 Nuckolls Road, Bolivar, TN 38008
2 hr 14 min
typical ER visit
Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 Brookside Dr, Kingsport, TN 37660
2 hr 16 min
typical ER visit
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City
1201 Bishop St, Po Box 310, Union City, TN 38261
2 hr 19 min
typical ER visit
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
175 Hospital Drive, Camden, TN 38320
2 hr 20 min
typical ER visit
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
1501 West Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643
2 hr 22 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Northcrest Medical Center
100 Northcrest Drive, Springfield, TN 37172
2 hr 22 min
typical ER visit
Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma
555 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066
2 hr 24 min
typical ER visit
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest
185 Hospital Road, Winchester, TN 37398
2 hr 25 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Summit Medical Center
5655 Frist Blvd, Hermitage, TN 37076
2 hr 25 min
typical ER visit
Lafollette Medical Center
923 East Central Avenue, La Follette, TN 37766
2 hr 27 min
typical ER visit
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
1114 W Madison Ave, Athens, TN 37371
2 hr 28 min
typical ER visit
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton
1995 Highway 51 S, Covington, TN 38019
2 hr 29 min
typical ER visit
St Francis Hospital
5959 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38119
2 hr 30 min
typical ER visit
Henderson County Community Hospital
200 W Church St, Lexington, TN 38351
2 hr 31 min
typical ER visit
Greeneville Community Hospital
1420 Tusculum Boulevard, Greeneville, TN 37745
2 hr 34 min
typical ER visit
Hardin Medical Center
935 Wayne Road, Savannah, TN 38372
2 hr 39 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
355 New Shackle Island Rd, Hendersonville, TN 37075
2 hr 39 min
typical ER visit
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
4039 Highland St, Milan, TN 38358
2 hr 40 min
typical ER visit
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
1411 Baddour Parkway, Lebanon, TN 37087
2 hr 42 min
typical ER visit
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center
2986 Kate Bond Rd, Bartlett, TN 38133
2 hr 42 min
typical ER visit
Volunteer Community Hospital
161 Mount Pelia Rd, Martin, TN 38237
2 hr 43 min
typical ER visit
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital
401 Sewell Dr, Sparta, TN 38583
2 hr 47 min
typical ER visit
Saint Thomas Hickman Hospital
135 East Swan Street, Centerville, TN 37033
2 hr 47 min
typical ER visit
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital
1801 N Jackson St Box 460, Tullahoma, TN 37388
2 hr 48 min
typical ER visit
Erlanger Medical Center
975 E 3Rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403
2 hr 49 min
typical ER visit
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital
110 Hospital Drive, Jefferson City, TN 37760
2 hr 50 min
typical ER visit
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
550 Fort Loudon Medical Center Dr, Lenoir City, TN 37772
2 hr 50 min
typical ER visit
Rhea Medical Center
9400 Rhea County Highway, Dayton, TN 37321
2 hr 50 min
typical ER visit
Big South Fork Medical Center
18797 Alberta Street, Oneida, TN 37841
2 hr 50 min
typical ER visit
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
1700 Medical Center Parkway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
2 hr 53 min
typical ER visit
Roane Medical Center
8045 Roane Medical Center Drive, Harriman, TN 37748
2 hr 54 min
typical ER visit
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
400 East Tickle Street, Dyersburg, TN 38024
2 hr 57 min
typical ER visit
Saint Thomas River Park Hospital
1559 Sparta Street, Mcminnville, TN 37110
2 hr 57 min
typical ER visit
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 Med Tech Parkway, Johnson City, TN 37604
2 hr 58 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Skyline Medical Center
3441 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, TN 37207
3 hr
typical ER visit
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital
651 Dunlop Lane, Clarksville, TN 37040
3 hr 1 min
typical ER visit
Baptist Memorial Hospital
6019 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120
3 hr 2 min
typical ER visit
Sweetwater Hospital Association
304 Wright St, Sweetwater, TN 37874
3 hr 2 min
typical ER visit
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
990 Oak Ridge Turnpike Box 529, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
3 hr 6 min
typical ER visit
Williamson Medical Center
4321 Carothers Parkway, Franklin, TN 37067
3 hr 10 min
typical ER visit
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center
435 2Nd St, Newport, TN 37821
3 hr 10 min
typical ER visit
Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center
200 Stonecrest Boulevard, Smyrna, TN 37167
3 hr 10 min
typical ER visit
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital
301 Tyson Avenue, Paris, TN 38242
3 hr 11 min
typical ER visit
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center
One Medical Park Blvd, Bristol, TN 37620
3 hr 16 min
typical ER visit
Physicians Regional Medical Center
7565 Dannaher Way Powell, Powell, TN 37849
3 hr 16 min
typical ER visit
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
4220 Harding Rd, Po Box 380, Nashville, TN 37205
3 hr 17 min
typical ER visit
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association
908 W 4Th North St, Morristown, TN 37814
3 hr 18 min
typical ER visit
Leconte Medical Center
742 Middlecreek Road, Sevierville, TN 37862
3 hr 20 min
typical ER visit
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
2305 Chambliss Ave Nw, Cleveland, TN 37311
3 hr 22 min
typical ER visit
Cumberland Medical Center
421 S Main St, Crossville, TN 38555
3 hr 24 min
typical ER visit
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center
130 West Ravine Road, Kingsport, TN 37662
3 hr 24 min
typical ER visit
Maury Regional Hospital
1224 Trotwood Ave, Columbia, TN 38401
3 hr 26 min
typical ER visit
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
2525 Desales Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404
3 hr 30 min
typical ER visit
Johnson City Medical Center
400 N State of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, TN 37604
3 hr 31 min
typical ER visit
Blount Memorial Hospital
907 E Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804
3 hr 36 min
typical ER visit
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
1265 Union Ave Suite 700, Memphis, TN 38104
3 hr 48 min
typical ER visit
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 W Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916
3 hr 54 min
typical ER visit
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
620 Skyline Drive, Jackson, TN 38301
4 hr 1 min
typical ER visit
University Health System, Inc
1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920
4 hr 9 min
typical ER visit
Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37923
4 hr 19 min
typical ER visit
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
1 Medical Center Boulevard, Cookeville, TN 38501
4 hr 28 min
typical ER visit
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37232
4 hr 29 min
typical ER visit
Regional One Health
877 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38103
4 hr 54 min
typical ER visit
ER, urgent care, or 911?
Call 911 now
- Chest pain or pressure, or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back
- Trouble breathing or choking
- Stroke signs: face drooping, arm or leg weakness, trouble speaking
- Fainting, seizure, or a person who will not wake up
- Severe bleeding, a serious injury, or a severe allergic reaction
- Sudden vision loss, or a chemical splashed in the eye
Thinking about suicide: call or text 988.
Go to an emergency room
- Severe pain, or belly pain that will not ease
- High fever with a stiff neck, confusion or a rash that does not fade
- A broken bone that looks out of place, or a deep cut that will not stop bleeding
- Head injury with vomiting, confusion or drowsiness
- Bleeding or severe pain during pregnancy
- Any head injury in someone taking a blood thinner
- Fever in a baby younger than 3 months
- Sudden, severe pain or swelling in a testicle
Urgent care is usually fine for
- Sore throat, ear pain, cough, cold or flu symptoms
- Minor cuts, sprains and strains
- Painful urination or a simple rash
- Mild fever in an otherwise healthy adult
Not sure? Call your doctor or a nurse line. If it feels like an emergency, treat it as one.
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About these numbers. Times are the typical (median) total time patients spent in each emergency department from arrival to leaving, for patients who went home, as reported to Medicare (CMS) for October 2024 to September 2025. They are not live wait times, and a real visit can be shorter or much longer. Hospitals without enough data are not shown. Locations are approximate (ZIP code center). Specialty hospitals (surgical, heart, orthopedic) often have small ERs with short times but may not treat every emergency. This site is general information, not medical advice, and does not replace a clinician. In an emergency, call 911.