ER wait times · KY
Kentucky ER wait times
83 Kentucky hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 2 hr 22 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.
| Hospital | Live wait | Typical wait | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arh Our Lady of the Way ER wait timeMartin 41649 | — | 1 hr 24 minCMS median | — |
| Mcdowell Arh Hospital ER wait timeMc Dowell 41647 | — | 1 hr 30 minCMS median | — |
| Cumberland County Hospital ER wait timeBurkesville 42717 | — | 1 hr 33 minCMS median | — |
| Bluegrass Community Hospital ER wait timeVersailles 40383 | 5 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 1 hr 34 minCMS median | — |
| Marshall County Hospital ER wait timeBenton 42025 | — | 1 hr 34 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Breckinridge Memorial Hospital ER wait timeHardinsburg 40143 | — | 1 hr 36 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Casey County Hospital ER wait timeLiberty 42539 | — | 1 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital ER wait timeHarrodsburg 40330 | — | 1 hr 40 minCMS median | — |
| Mary Breckinridge Arh Hospital ER wait timeHyden 41749 | — | 1 hr 41 minCMS median | — |
| St. Elizabeth Grant ER wait timeWilliamstown 41097 | — | 1 hr 42 minCMS median | — |
| Ephraim Mcdowell Fort Logan Hospital ER wait timeStanford 40484 | — | 1 hr 43 minCMS median | — |
| Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, Inc ER wait timeSalem 42078 | — | 1 hr 43 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Bourbon Community Hospital ER wait timeParis 40361 | 3 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 1 hr 48 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Methodist Hospital Union County ER wait timeMorganfield 42437 | — | 1 hr 48 minCMS median | — |
| Ohio County Hospital ER wait timeHartford 42347 | — | 1 hr 50 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Tj Health Columbia ER wait timeColumbia 42728 | — | 1 hr 51 minCMS median | — |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeCarrollton 41008 | — | 1 hr 52 minCMS median | — |
| Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center ER wait timeLeitchfield 42754 | — | 1 hr 56 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Uofl Health - Shelbyville Hospital ER wait timeShelbyville 40065 | — | 2 hr 1 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Monroe County Medical Center ER wait timeTompkinsville 42167 | — | 2 hr 2 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Pineville Community Health Center, Inc ER wait timePineville 40977 | — | 2 hr 2 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Kentucky River Medical Center ER wait timeJackson 41339 | — | 2 hr 3 minCMS median | — |
| CHI Saint Joseph Berea Nf ER wait timeBerea 40403 | — | 2 hr 6 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Deaconess Henderson Hospital ER wait timeHenderson 42420 | 15 min liveHospital-posted · 8:34 AM | 2 hr 7 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Jackson Purchase Medical Center ER wait timeMayfield 42066 | — | 2 hr 7 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital ER wait timeIrvine 40336 | — | 2 hr 9 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Saint Joseph Mount Sterling ER wait timeMount Sterling 40353 | — | 2 hr 9 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Morgan County Arh Hospital ER wait timeWest Liberty 41472 | — | 2 hr 10 minCMS median | — |
| The Medical Center at Russellville ER wait timeRussellville 42276 | — | 2 hr 11 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| AdventHealthManchester ER wait timeManchester 40962 | — | 2 hr 12 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| St. Elizabeth Edgewood ER wait timeEdgewood 41017 | — | 2 hr 12 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Georgetown Community Hospital ER wait timeGeorgetown 40324 | 5 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 2 hr 13 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Saint Joseph Hospital ER wait timeLexington 40504 | — | 2 hr 15 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Saint Joseph East ER wait timeLexington 40509 | — | 2 hr 16 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Knox County Hospital ER wait timeBarbourville 40906 | — | 2 hr 17 minCMS median | — |
| Taylor Regional Hospital ER wait timeCampbellsville 42718 | — | 2 hr 17 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Trigg County Hospital ER wait timeCadiz 42211 | — | 2 hr 17 minCMS median | — |
| Ephraim Mcdowell Regional Medical Center ER wait timeDanville 40422 | — | 2 hr 19 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Baptist Health Lagrange ER wait timeLa Grange 40031 | — | 2 hr 20 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Jane Todd Crawford Hospital ER wait timeGreensburg 42743 | — | 2 hr 22 minCMS median | — |
| Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. ER wait timeMount Vernon 40456 | — | 2 hr 22 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital ER wait timeBardstown 40004 | — | 2 hr 24 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital ER wait timeLouisville 40202 | — | 2 hr 25 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Meadowview Regional Medical Center ER wait timeMaysville 41056 | — | 2 hr 27 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital ER wait timeGreenville 42345 | — | 2 hr 28 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| St. Elizabeth Ft Thomas ER wait timeFort Thomas 41075 | — | 2 hr 28 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Baptist Health Richmond ER wait timeRichmond 40475 | — | 2 hr 30 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| St. Elizabeth Florence ER wait timeFlorence 41042 | — | 2 hr 32 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital ER wait timeBowling Green 42104 | 2 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 2 hr 32 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Blanchfield ACH (FT Campbell) ER wait timeFort Campbell 42223 | — | 2 hr 36 minCMS median | — |
| Jennie Stuart Medical Center ER wait timeHopkinsville 42241 | — | 2 hr 36 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Murray-Calloway County Hospital ER wait timeMurray 42071 | — | 2 hr 36 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Spring View Hospital ER wait timeLebanon 40033 | — | 2 hr 38 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Frankfort Regional Medical Center ER wait timeFrankfort 40601 | 3 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Whitesburg Arh Hospital ER wait timeWhitesburg 41858 | — | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Harrison Memorial Hospital ER wait timeCynthiana 41031 | — | 2 hr 42 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Three Rivers Medical Center ER wait timeLouisa 41230 | — | 2 hr 43 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Paintsville Arh Hospital ER wait timePaintsville 41240 | — | 2 hr 46 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital ER wait timeSomerset 42503 | 22 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 2 hr 49 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital ER wait timePaducah 42003 | — | 2 hr 51 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center ER wait timeHazard 41701 | — | 2 hr 53 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Middlesboro Arh Hospital ER wait timeMiddlesboro 40965 | — | 2 hr 56 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical Center ER wait timeSouth Williamson 41503 | — | 2 hr 56 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Clark Regional Medical Center ER wait timeWinchester 40391 | 3 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 2 hr 57 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Baptist Health Lexington ER wait timeLexington 40503 | — | 3 hr 1 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Baptist Health Paducah ER wait timePaducah 42003 | — | 3 hr 1 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| St. Claire Regional Medical Center ER wait timeMorehead 40351 | — | 3 hr 1 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| T J Samson Community Hospital ER wait timeGlasgow 42141 | — | 3 hr 4 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville ER wait timeMadisonville 42431 | — | 3 hr 7 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Baptist Health Louisville ER wait timeLouisville 40207 | — | 3 hr 10 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Harlan Arh Hospital ER wait timeHarlan 40831 | — | 3 hr 13 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center ER wait timePrestonsburg 41653 | — | 3 hr 13 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Saint Joseph London ER wait timeLondon 40741 | — | 3 hr 14 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc ER wait timeLouisville 40202 | — | 3 hr 17 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Baptist Health Hardin ER wait timeElizabethtown 42701 | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| University of Louisville Hospital ER wait timeLouisville 40202 | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Baptist Health Corbin ER wait timeCorbin 40701 | — | 3 hr 24 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Owensboro Health Regional Hospital ER wait timeOwensboro 42303 | — | 3 hr 28 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center ER wait timeAshland 41101 | — | 3 hr 30 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| The Medical Center (Bowling Green) ER wait timeBowling Green 42101 | — | 3 hr 36 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| University of Kentucky Hospital ER wait timeLexington 40536 | — | 3 hr 37 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Pikeville Medical Center ER wait timePikeville 41501 | — | 3 hr 40 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Lover Lane ERBowling Green 42013Live-only source row | 7 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
Kentucky hospital system ER waits
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.