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ER wait times · ME

Maine ER wait times

14 Maine hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 2 hr 20 min. Hospitals are ranked below from shortest to longest typical wait.

HospitalTypical wait
Rumford Hospital ER wait timeRumford1 hr 46 minCMS median
Bridgton Hospital ER wait timeBridgton1 hr 58 minCMS median
Mainehealth Stephens Hospital ER wait timeNorway2 hr 2 minCMS median
Penobscot Valley Hospital ER wait timeLincoln2 hr 2 minCMS median
Mount Desert Island Hospital ER wait timeBar Harbor2 hr 10 minCMS median
Redington Fairview General Hospital ER wait timeSkowhegan2 hr 15 minCMS median
Lincolnhealth ER wait timeDamariscotta2 hr 17 minCMS median
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center ER wait timeLewiston2 hr 22 minCMS median
Mainehealth Waldo Hospital ER wait timeBelfast2 hr 26 minCMS median
Calais Community Hospital ER wait timeCalais2 hr 40 minCMS median
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital ER wait timeRockport2 hr 50 minCMS median
St. Joseph Hospital ER wait timeBangor3 hr 8 minCMS median
Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital ER wait timeBrunswick3 hr 18 minCMS median
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center ER wait timePortland3 hr 38 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.