ER wait times · MO
Missouri ER wait times
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Regional Health Center ER wait timeLexingtonLive from HCA | 6 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM | 3 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs | — |
| Mosaic Medical Center Albany ER wait timeAlbany | — | 1 hr 13 minCMS median | — |
| Fitzgibbon Hospital ER wait timeMarshall | — | 1 hr 24 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Madison Medical Center ER wait timeFredericktown | — | 1 hr 24 minCMS median | — |
| Pershing Memorial Hospital ER wait timeBrookfield | — | 1 hr 24 minCMS median | — |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage ER wait timeCarthage | — | 1 hr 25 minCMS median | — |
| Cox Barton County Hospital ER wait timeLamar | — | 1 hr 26 minCMS median | — |
| Hermann Area District Hospital ER wait timeHermann | — | 1 hr 26 minCMS median | — |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeButler | — | 1 hr 33 minCMS median | — |
| Mercy Hospital - Cassville ER wait timeCassville | — | 1 hr 33 minCMS median | — |
| Community Hospital Association ER wait timeFairfax | — | 1 hr 34 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Excelsior Springs Hospital ER wait timeExcelsior Springs | — | 1 hr 34 minCMS median | — |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeCarrollton | — | 1 hr 44 minCMS median | — |
| Harrison County Community Hospital ER wait timeBethany | — | 1 hr 49 minCMS median | — |
| Mercy St. Francis Hospital ER wait timeMountain View | — | 1 hr 49 minCMS median | — |
| Scotland County Hospital ER wait timeMemphis | — | 1 hr 49 minCMS median | — |
| Putnam County Memorial Hospital ER wait timeUnionville | — | 1 hr 58 minCMS median | — |
| Cass Regional Medical Center ER wait timeHarrisonville | — | 2 hr 3 minCMS median | — |
| Moberly Regional Medical Center ER wait timeMoberly | — | 2 hr 6 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center ER wait timeKansas City | — | 2 hr 6 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Hedrick Medical Center ER wait timeChillicothe | — | 2 hr 7 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Salem Memorial District Hospital ER wait timeSalem | — | 2 hr 15 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Wright Memorial Hospital ER wait timeTrenton | — | 2 hr 16 minCMS median | — |
| Mercy Hospital Perry ER wait timePerryville | — | 2 hr 20 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Hannibal Regional Hospital ER wait timeHannibal | — | 2 hr 21 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Washington County Memorial Hospital ER wait timePotosi | — | 2 hr 22 minCMS median | — |
| University Health Lakewood Medical Center ER wait timeKansas City | — | 2 hr 25 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln ER wait timeTroy | — | 2 hr 26 minCMS median | — |
| Northeast Regional Medical Center ER wait timeKirksville | — | 2 hr 27 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Western Missouri Medical Center ER wait timeWarrensburg | — | 2 hr 27 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Lebanon ER wait timeLebanon | — | 2 hr 28 minCMS median | — |
| Freeman Neosho Hospital ER wait timeNeosho | — | 2 hr 30 minCMS median | — |
| Cox Monett Hospital ER wait timeMonett | — | 2 hr 32 minCMS median | — |
| Iron County Medical Center ER wait timePilot Knob | — | 2 hr 32 minCMS median | — |
| Golden Valley Memorial Hospital ER wait timeClinton | — | 2 hr 36 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast ER wait timeCape Girardeau | — | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Ssm St. Joseph Health Center ER wait timeSaint Charles | — | 2 hr 40 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| St. Mary's Medical Center ER wait timeBlue Springs | — | 2 hr 42 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Lake Regional Health System ER wait timeOsage Beach | — | 2 hr 44 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph ER wait timeSaint Joseph | — | 2 hr 44 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City ER wait timeJefferson City | — | 2 hr 50 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital ER wait timeSullivan | — | 2 hr 51 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Saint Lukes North Hospital ER wait timeKansas City | — | 2 hr 51 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis ER wait timeSaint Louis | — | 2 hr 54 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center ER wait timePoplar Bluff | — | 3 hr 1 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Citizens Memorial Hospital ER wait timeBolivar | — | 3 hr 5 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill ER wait timeKansas City | — | 3 hr 11 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Liberty Hospital ER wait timeLiberty | — | 3 hr 12 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Missouri Delta Medical Center ER wait timeSikeston | — | 3 hr 17 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Progress West Hospital ER wait timeOfallon | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Ssm St. Clare Health Center ER wait timeFenton | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Parkland Health Center ER wait timeFarmington | — | 3 hr 21 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St. Louis ER wait timeBridgeton | — | 3 hr 24 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Cox Medical Center Branson ER wait timeBranson | — | 3 hr 29 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital ER wait timeCreve Coeur | — | 3 hr 32 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Phelps County Regional Medical Center ER wait timeRolla | — | 3 hr 32 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| St. Lukes Hospital ER wait timeChesterfield | — | 3 hr 32 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| University of Missouri Health Care ER wait timeColumbia | — | 3 hr 40 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Ssm St. Joseph Hospital West ER wait timeLake Saint Louis | — | 3 hr 41 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City ER wait timeKansas City | — | 3 hr 42 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Christian Hospital Northeast ER wait timeSaint Louis | — | 3 hr 43 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Cox Medical Centers ER wait timeSpringfield | — | 3 hr 43 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin ER wait timeJoplin | — | 3 hr 48 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West ER wait timeJoplin | — | 4 hr 2 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital ER wait timeSaint Peters | — | 4 hr 5 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital South ER wait timeSaint Louis | — | 4 hr 6 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Saint Luke's East Hospital ER wait timeLees Summit | — | 4 hr 6 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Missouri Baptist Medical Center ER wait timeSaint Louis | — | 4 hr 12 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital ER wait timeSaint Louis | — | 4 hr 44 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Ssm Health Saint Louis University Hospital ER wait timeSaint Louis | — | 5 hr 36 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| ER of BrooksideKansas CityLive-only source rowLive from HCA | 3 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM | 4 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs | — |
| ER of IndependenceIndependenceLive-only source rowLive from HCA | 3 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM | 3 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs | — |
| Research Medical CenterKansas CityLive-only source rowLive from HCA | 4 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM | 7 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs | — |
| Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependenceLive-only source rowLive from HCA | 5 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM | 8 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs | — |
| Belton Regional Medical CenterBeltonLive-only source rowLive from HCA | 10 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM | 7 minObserved · 3d · 162 obs | — |
| Lee's Summit Medical CenterLee's SummitLive-only source rowLive from HCA | 19 min liveHCA · 4:00 PM | 10 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.