ER wait times · MO
Missouri ER wait times
100 Missouri hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 2 hr 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic Medical Center Albany ER wait timeAlbany 64402 | — | 1 hr 13 minCMS median | — |
| Fitzgibbon Hospital ER wait timeMarshall 65340 | — | 1 hr 24 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Madison Medical Center ER wait timeFredericktown 63645 | — | 1 hr 24 minCMS median | — |
| Pershing Memorial Hospital ER wait timeBrookfield 64628 | — | 1 hr 24 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage ER wait timeCarthage 64836 | — | 1 hr 25 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Cox Barton County Hospital ER wait timeLamar 64759 | — | 1 hr 26 minCMS median | — |
| Hermann Area District Hospital ER wait timeHermann 65041 | — | 1 hr 26 minCMS median | — |
| Research Medical Center ER wait timeKansas City 64132 | 11 min liveHospital-posted · 10:30 AM | 1 hr 29 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeButler 64730 | — | 1 hr 33 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital - Cassville ER wait timeCassville 65625 | — | 1 hr 33 minCMS median | — |
| Community Hospital Association ER wait timeFairfax 64446 | — | 1 hr 34 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Excelsior Springs Hospital ER wait timeExcelsior Springs 64024 | — | 1 hr 34 minCMS median | — |
| Belton Regional Medical Center ER wait timeBelton 64012 | 8 min liveHospital-posted · 10:30 AM | 1 hr 38 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeCarrollton 64633 | — | 1 hr 44 minCMS median | — |
| Nevada Regional Medical Center ER wait timeNevada 64772 | — | 1 hr 44 minCMS median | — |
| Cameron Regional Medical Center ER wait timeCameron 64429 | — | 1 hr 46 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Lafayette Regional Health Center ER wait timeLexington 64067 | 3 min liveHospital-posted · 10:30 AM | 1 hr 47 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Cedar County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeEl Dorado Springs 64744 | — | 1 hr 48 minCMS median | — |
| Ellett Memorial Hospital ER wait timeAppleton City 64724 | — | 1 hr 48 minCMS median | — |
| Harrison County Community Hospital ER wait timeBethany 64424 | — | 1 hr 49 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy St. Francis Hospital ER wait timeMountain View 65548 | — | 1 hr 49 minCMS median | — |
| Scotland County Hospital ER wait timeMemphis 63555 | — | 1 hr 49 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeSainte Genevieve 63670 | — | 1 hr 51 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mosaic Medical Center - Maryville ER wait timeMaryville 64468 | — | 1 hr 52 minCMS median | — |
| Ray County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeRichmond 64085 | — | 1 hr 52 minCMS median | — |
| Putnam County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeUnionville 63565 | — | 1 hr 58 minCMS median | — |
| Sullivan County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeMilan 63556 | — | 2 hrCMS median | — |
| Cass Regional Medical Center ER wait timeHarrisonville 64701 | — | 2 hr 3 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Moberly Regional Medical Center ER wait timeMoberly 65270 | — | 2 hr 6 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center ER wait timeKansas City 64114 | — | 2 hr 6 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Texas County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeHouston 65483 | — | 2 hr 6 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Hedrick Medical Center ER wait timeChillicothe 64601 | — | 2 hr 7 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Aurora ER wait timeAurora 65605 | — | 2 hr 9 minCMS median | — |
| Pike County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeLouisiana 63353 | — | 2 hr 9 minCMS median | — |
| St. Lukes Des Peres Hospital ER wait timeSt. Louis 63122 | — | 2 hr 13 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| General Leonard Wood ACH (FT Leonard Wood) ER wait timeFort Leonard Wood 65473 | — | 2 hr 14 minCMS median | — |
| Salem Memorial District Hospital ER wait timeSalem 65560 | — | 2 hr 15 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Wright Memorial Hospital ER wait timeTrenton 64683 | — | 2 hr 16 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Perry ER wait timePerryville 63775 | — | 2 hr 20 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Hannibal Regional Hospital ER wait timeHannibal 63401 | — | 2 hr 21 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Washington County Memorial Hospital ER wait timePotosi 63664 | — | 2 hr 22 minCMS median | — |
| University Health Lakewood Medical Center ER wait timeKansas City 64139 | — | 2 hr 25 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln ER wait timeTroy 63379 | — | 2 hr 26 minCMS median | — |
| Northeast Regional Medical Center ER wait timeKirksville 63501 | — | 2 hr 27 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Western Missouri Medical Center ER wait timeWarrensburg 64093 | — | 2 hr 27 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Lebanon ER wait timeLebanon 65536 | — | 2 hr 28 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeHayti 63851 | — | 2 hr 28 minCMS median | — |
| Freeman Neosho Hospital ER wait timeNeosho 64850 | — | 2 hr 30 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Cox Monett Hospital ER wait timeMonett 65708 | — | 2 hr 32 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Iron County Medical Center ER wait timePilot Knob 63663 | — | 2 hr 32 minCMS median | — |
| Golden Valley Memorial Hospital ER wait timeClinton 64735 | — | 2 hr 36 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Washington ER wait timeWashington 63090 | — | 2 hr 39 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Centerpoint Medical Center ER wait timeIndependence 64057 | 13 min liveHospital-posted · 10:30 AM | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Lee's Summit Medical Center ER wait timeLees Summit 64063 | 8 min liveHospital-posted · 10:30 AM | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast ER wait timeCape Girardeau 63701 | — | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Ssm St. Joseph Health Center ER wait timeSaint Charles 63301 | — | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| St. Mary's Medical Center ER wait timeBlue Springs 64014 | — | 2 hr 42 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Lake Regional Health System ER wait timeOsage Beach 65065 | — | 2 hr 44 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph ER wait timeSaint Joseph 64506 | — | 2 hr 44 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City ER wait timeJefferson City 65109 | — | 2 hr 50 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital ER wait timeSullivan 63080 | — | 2 hr 51 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Saint Lukes North Hospital ER wait timeKansas City 64154 | — | 2 hr 51 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis ER wait timeSaint Louis 63117 | — | 2 hr 54 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Boone Hospital Center ER wait timeColumbia 65201 | — | 2 hr 56 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Stoddard ER wait timeDexter 63841 | — | 2 hr 56 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Nkc Health ER wait timeNorth Kansas City 64116 | — | 2 hr 59 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center ER wait timePoplar Bluff 63901 | 6 min liveHospital-posted · 10:34 AM | 3 hr 1 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Ozarks Healthcare ER wait timeWest Plains 65775 | — | 3 hr 2 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Citizens Memorial Hospital ER wait timeBolivar 65613 | — | 3 hr 5 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill ER wait timeKansas City 64108 | — | 3 hr 11 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Liberty Hospital ER wait timeLiberty 64068 | — | 3 hr 12 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Bothwell Regional Health Center ER wait timeSedalia 65301 | — | 3 hr 15 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Missouri Delta Medical Center ER wait timeSikeston 63801 | — | 3 hr 17 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Progress West Hospital ER wait timeOfallon 63368 | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Ssm St. Clare Health Center ER wait timeFenton 63026 | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson ER wait timeCrystal City 63019 | — | 3 hr 19 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Parkland Health Center ER wait timeFarmington 63640 | — | 3 hr 21 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St. Louis ER wait timeBridgeton 63044 | — | 3 hr 24 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Cox Medical Center Branson ER wait timeBranson 65615 | — | 3 hr 29 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital ER wait timeCreve Coeur 63141 | — | 3 hr 32 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Phelps County Regional Medical Center ER wait timeRolla 65401 | — | 3 hr 32 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| St. Lukes Hospital ER wait timeChesterfield 63017 | — | 3 hr 32 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital St. Louis ER wait timeSaint Louis 63141 | — | 3 hr 37 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| University of Missouri Health Care ER wait timeColumbia 65212 | — | 3 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Ssm St. Joseph Hospital West ER wait timeLake Saint Louis 63367 | — | 3 hr 41 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City ER wait timeKansas City 64111 | — | 3 hr 42 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Christian Hospital Northeast ER wait timeSaint Louis 63136 | — | 3 hr 43 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Cox Medical Centers ER wait timeSpringfield 65807 | — | 3 hr 43 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin ER wait timeJoplin 64804 | — | 3 hr 48 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West ER wait timeJoplin 64804 | — | 4 hr 2 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital ER wait timeSaint Peters 63376 | — | 4 hr 5 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital South ER wait timeSaint Louis 63128 | — | 4 hr 6 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center ER wait timeCape Girardeau 63703 | — | 4 hr 6 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Saint Luke's East Hospital ER wait timeLees Summit 64086 | — | 4 hr 6 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Missouri Baptist Medical Center ER wait timeSaint Louis 63131 | — | 4 hr 12 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital ER wait timeSaint Louis 63110 | — | 4 hr 44 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Springfield ER wait timeSpringfield 65804 | — | 4 hr 53 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Ssm Health Saint Louis University Hospital ER wait timeSaint Louis 63104 | — | 5 hr 36 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| ER of BrooksideKansas City 64131Live-only source row | 3 min liveHospital-posted · 10:30 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
| ER of IndependenceIndependence 64055Live-only source row | 6 min liveHospital-posted · 10:30 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
Missouri 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.