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ER wait times · KY

Kentucky ER wait times

68 Kentucky hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 2 hr 23 min. Hospitals are ranked below from shortest to longest typical wait.

Fresh live waits are included when available, including hospital-posted locations that do not have a matching CMS median row yet.

HospitalLive waitTypical wait
Frankfort Regional Medical Center ER wait timeFrankfortLive from HCA11 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM8 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs
Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital ER wait timeBowling GreenLive from HCA8 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM8 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs
Arh Our Lady of the Way ER wait timeMartin1 hr 24 minCMS median
Mcdowell Arh Hospital ER wait timeMc Dowell1 hr 30 minCMS median
Cumberland County Hospital ER wait timeBurkesville1 hr 33 minCMS median
Marshall County Hospital ER wait timeBenton1 hr 34 minCMS median
Breckinridge Memorial Hospital ER wait timeHardinsburg1 hr 36 minCMS median
Mary Breckinridge Arh Hospital ER wait timeHyden1 hr 41 minCMS median
St. Elizabeth Grant ER wait timeWilliamstown1 hr 42 minCMS median
Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, Inc ER wait timeSalem1 hr 43 minCMS median
Methodist Hospital Union County ER wait timeMorganfield1 hr 48 minCMS median
Ohio County Hospital ER wait timeHartford1 hr 50 minCMS median
Tj Health Columbia ER wait timeColumbia1 hr 51 minCMS median
Carroll County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeCarrollton1 hr 52 minCMS median
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center ER wait timeLeitchfield1 hr 56 minCMS median
Uofl Health - Shelbyville Hospital ER wait timeShelbyville2 hr 1 minCMS median
Monroe County Medical Center ER wait timeTompkinsville2 hr 2 minCMS median
Pineville Community Health Center, Inc ER wait timePineville2 hr 2 minCMS median
CHI Saint Joseph Berea Nf ER wait timeBerea2 hr 6 minCMS median
Deaconess Henderson Hospital ER wait timeHenderson2 hr 7 minCMS median
Jackson Purchase Medical Center ER wait timeMayfield2 hr 7 minCMS median
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital ER wait timeIrvine2 hr 9 minCMS median
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling ER wait timeMount Sterling2 hr 9 minCMS median
Morgan County Arh Hospital ER wait timeWest Liberty2 hr 10 minCMS median
AdventHealthManchester ER wait timeManchester2 hr 12 minCMS median
St. Elizabeth Edgewood ER wait timeEdgewood2 hr 12 minCMS median
Saint Joseph Hospital ER wait timeLexington2 hr 15 minCMS median
Saint Joseph East ER wait timeLexington2 hr 16 minCMS median
Knox County Hospital ER wait timeBarbourville2 hr 17 minCMS median
Taylor Regional Hospital ER wait timeCampbellsville2 hr 17 minCMS median
Trigg County Hospital ER wait timeCadiz2 hr 17 minCMS median
Baptist Health Lagrange ER wait timeLa Grange2 hr 20 minCMS median
Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. ER wait timeMount Vernon2 hr 22 minCMS median
CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital ER wait timeBardstown2 hr 24 minCMS median
UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital ER wait timeLouisville2 hr 25 minCMS median
Meadowview Regional Medical Center ER wait timeMaysville2 hr 27 minCMS median
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital ER wait timeGreenville2 hr 28 minCMS median
St. Elizabeth Ft Thomas ER wait timeFort Thomas2 hr 28 minCMS median
Baptist Health Richmond ER wait timeRichmond2 hr 30 minCMS median
St. Elizabeth Florence ER wait timeFlorence2 hr 32 minCMS median
Jennie Stuart Medical Center ER wait timeHopkinsville2 hr 36 minCMS median
Murray-Calloway County Hospital ER wait timeMurray2 hr 36 minCMS median
Spring View Hospital ER wait timeLebanon2 hr 38 minCMS median
Harrison Memorial Hospital ER wait timeCynthiana2 hr 42 minCMS median
Three Rivers Medical Center ER wait timeLouisa2 hr 43 minCMS median
Paintsville Arh Hospital ER wait timePaintsville2 hr 46 minCMS median
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital ER wait timeSomerset2 hr 49 minCMS median
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital ER wait timePaducah2 hr 51 minCMS median
Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center ER wait timeHazard2 hr 53 minCMS median
Middlesboro Arh Hospital ER wait timeMiddlesboro2 hr 56 minCMS median
Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical Center ER wait timeSouth Williamson2 hr 56 minCMS median
Baptist Health Lexington ER wait timeLexington3 hr 1 minCMS median
Baptist Health Paducah ER wait timePaducah3 hr 1 minCMS median
St. Claire Regional Medical Center ER wait timeMorehead3 hr 1 minCMS median
T J Samson Community Hospital ER wait timeGlasgow3 hr 4 minCMS median
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville ER wait timeMadisonville3 hr 7 minCMS median
Baptist Health Louisville ER wait timeLouisville3 hr 10 minCMS median
Harlan Arh Hospital ER wait timeHarlan3 hr 13 minCMS median
Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center ER wait timePrestonsburg3 hr 13 minCMS median
Saint Joseph London ER wait timeLondon3 hr 14 minCMS median
Norton Hospitals, Inc ER wait timeLouisville3 hr 17 minCMS median
Baptist Health Hardin ER wait timeElizabethtown3 hr 18 minCMS median
University of Louisville Hospital ER wait timeLouisville3 hr 18 minCMS median
Baptist Health Corbin ER wait timeCorbin3 hr 24 minCMS median
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital ER wait timeOwensboro3 hr 28 minCMS median
King's Daughters' Medical Center ER wait timeAshland3 hr 30 minCMS median
Pikeville Medical Center ER wait timePikeville3 hr 40 minCMS median
Lover Lane ERBowling GreenLive-only source rowLive from HCA2 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM4 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs

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.