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ER wait times · AL

Alabama ER wait times

67 Alabama hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 2 hr 35 min. Hospitals are ranked below from shortest to longest typical wait.

HospitalTypical wait
Clay County Hospital ER wait timeAshland1 hr 30 minCMS median
Tanner Medical Center-East Alabama ER wait timeWedowee1 hr 34 minCMS median
Hale County Hospital ER wait timeGreensboro1 hr 42 minCMS median
North Alabama Shoals Hospital ER wait timeMuscle Shoals1 hr 42 minCMS median
Marion Regional Medical Center ER wait timeHamilton1 hr 43 minCMS median
Russellville Hospital ER wait timeRussellville1 hr 43 minCMS median
Elmore Community Hospital ER wait timeWetumpka1 hr 47 minCMS median
Troy Regional Medical Center ER wait timeTroy1 hr 50 minCMS median
Lake Martin Community Hospital ER wait timeDadeville1 hr 51 minCMS median
Wiregrass Medical Center ER wait timeGeneva1 hr 52 minCMS median
Fayette Medical Center ER wait timeFayette1 hr 56 minCMS median
Citizens Baptist Medical Center ER wait timeTalladega1 hr 58 minCMS median
Ochsner Choctaw General ER wait timeButler2 hr 1 minCMS median
Atmore Community Hospital ER wait timeAtmore2 hr 3 minCMS median
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital ER wait timePhenix City2 hr 3 minCMS median
Jackson Medical Center ER wait timeJackson2 hr 3 minCMS median
Bibb Medical Center ER wait timeCentreville2 hr 6 minCMS median
Callahan Eye Hospital ER wait timeBirmingham2 hr 6 minCMS median
Monroe County Hospital ER wait timeMonroeville2 hr 6 minCMS median
Floyd Cherokee Medical Center ER wait timeCentre2 hr 8 minCMS median
Mizell Memorial Hospital ER wait timeOpp2 hr 8 minCMS median
Baldwin Health ER wait timeFoley2 hr 11 minCMS median
Red Bay Hospital ER wait timeRed Bay2 hr 11 minCMS median
Northwest Medical Center ER wait timeWinfield2 hr 14 minCMS median
Medical Center Enterprise ER wait timeEnterprise2 hr 18 minCMS median
Hill Hospital of Sumter County ER wait timeYork2 hr 20 minCMS median
Marshall Medical Centers ER wait timeBoaz2 hr 21 minCMS median
North Alabama Medical Center ER wait timeFlorence2 hr 24 minCMS median
Dale Medical Center ER wait timeOzark2 hr 25 minCMS median
Springhill Medical Center ER wait timeMobile2 hr 26 minCMS median
Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System ER wait timeBessemer2 hr 29 minCMS median
Russell Medical Center ER wait timeAlexander City2 hr 31 minCMS median
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus ER wait timeDecatur2 hr 33 minCMS median
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center ER wait timeVestavia2 hr 35 minCMS median
St. Vincent's East ER wait timeBirmingham2 hr 36 minCMS median
St. Vincent's St. Clair ER wait timePell City2 hr 36 minCMS median
Walker Baptist Medical Center ER wait timeJasper2 hr 37 minCMS median
Andalusia Health ER wait timeAndalusia2 hr 38 minCMS median
Cullman Regional Medical Center ER wait timeCullman2 hr 38 minCMS median
Riverview Regional Medical Center ER wait timeGadsden2 hr 40 minCMS median
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital ER wait timeBrewton2 hr 42 minCMS median
Grove Hill Memorial Hospital ER wait timeGrove Hill2 hr 42 minCMS median
St. Vincent's Chilton ER wait timeClanton2 hr 44 minCMS median
Crestwood Medical Center ER wait timeHuntsville2 hr 46 minCMS median
Princeton Baptist Medical Center ER wait timeBirmingham2 hr 48 minCMS median
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus ER wait timeSelma2 hr 50 minCMS median
Highlands Medical Center ER wait timeScottsboro2 hr 52 minCMS median
Grandview Medical Center ER wait timeBirmingham2 hr 56 minCMS median
North Baldwin Infirmary ER wait timeBay Minette3 hr 3 minCMS median
Helen Keller Hospital ER wait timeSheffield3 hr 5 minCMS median
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center ER wait timeMobile3 hr 5 minCMS median
Shelby Baptist Medical Center ER wait timeAlabaster3 hr 8 minCMS median
Thomas Hospital ER wait timeFairhope3 hr 9 minCMS median
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, Llc ER wait timeMobile3 hr 20 minCMS median
Gadsden Regional Medical Center ER wait timeGadsden3 hr 22 minCMS median
The East Alabama Healthcare Authority ER wait timeOpelika3 hr 22 minCMS median
Prattville Baptist Hospital ER wait timePrattville3 hr 28 minCMS median
Baptist Medical Center South ER wait timeMontgomery3 hr 34 minCMS median
Usa Health University Hospital ER wait timeMobile3 hr 34 minCMS median
University of Alabama Hospital ER wait timeBirmingham3 hr 35 minCMS median
Southeast Health Medical Center ER wait timeDothan3 hr 37 minCMS median
Flowers Hospital ER wait timeDothan3 hr 44 minCMS median
Dch Regional Medical Center ER wait timeTuscaloosa3 hr 48 minCMS median
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center ER wait timeAnniston3 hr 52 minCMS median
Baptist Medical Center East ER wait timeMontgomery3 hr 58 minCMS median
St. Vincent's Birmingham ER wait timeBirmingham4 hr 5 minCMS median
Huntsville Hospital ER wait timeHuntsville4 hr 12 minCMS median

About this data

Typical ER waits use cleartau's observed live-wait median when a hospital has enough recent history; otherwise they fall back to the CMS Timely and Effective Care dataset (measure OP_18b) — the median time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home, over a federal reporting period. The typical wait is not a live wait; call the hospital for current status. When a separate live wait appears in the table, it is a recent value posted by the hospital system itself and may change quickly. If you are having a medical emergency, call 911 and do not choose an ER on wait time alone. For the cost side of an ER trip, see our ER visit cost guide.