ER wait times · NC
North Carolina ER wait times
100 North Carolina hospitals report emergency room wait data, with a statewide typical wait of about 3 hr 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dlp Swain County Hospital Llc ER wait timeBryson City 28713 | — | 1 hr 22 minCMS median | — |
| Firsthealth Montgomery Memorial Hosp ER wait timeTroy 27371 | — | 1 hr 37 minCMS median | — |
| Highlands Cashiers Hospital ER wait timeHighlands 28741 | 16 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 1 hr 44 minCMS median | — |
| Charles A Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital ER wait timeLinville 28646 | — | 1 hr 52 minCMS median | — |
| Transylvania Regional Hospital, Inc ER wait timeBrevard 28712 | 3 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 1 hr 54 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Atrium Health Anson ER wait timeWadesboro 28170 | — | 1 hr 56 minCMS median | — |
| Blue Ridge Regional Hospital ER wait timeSpruce Pine 28777 | 2 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 2 hr 1 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Atrium Health Union ER wait timeMonroe 28112 | — | 2 hr 2 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital ER wait timeSouthport 28461 | — | 2 hr 2 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Angel Medical Center ER wait timeFranklin 28734 | 5 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 2 hr 4 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Sampson Regional Medical Center ER wait timeClinton 28328 | — | 2 hr 12 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| St. Lukes Hospital ER wait timeColumbus 28722 | — | 2 hr 16 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Stanly Regional Medical Center ER wait timeAlbemarle 28001 | — | 2 hr 19 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital ER wait timeAhoskie 27910 | — | 2 hr 19 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Rutherford Regional Medical Center ER wait timeRutherfordton 28139 | — | 2 hr 21 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Sentara Albemarle Medical Center ER wait timeElizabeth City 27909 | — | 2 hr 21 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Atrium Health University City ER wait timeCharlotte 28262 | — | 2 hr 24 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| The Mcdowell Hospital ER wait timeMarion 28752 | 5 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 2 hr 28 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Atrium Health Cleveland ER wait timeShelby 28150 | — | 2 hr 31 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Erlanger Murphy Medical Center ER wait timeMurphy 28906 | — | 2 hr 37 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center ER wait timeCharlotte 28233 | — | 2 hr 37 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Vidant Chowan Hospital ER wait timeEdenton 27932 | — | 2 hr 39 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Ecu Health Bertie Hospital ER wait timeWindsor 27983 | — | 2 hr 42 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Adventhealth Hendersonville ER wait timeHendersonville 28792 | — | 2 hr 45 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc ER wait timeMorganton 28655 | — | 2 hr 46 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Maria Parham Medical Center ER wait timeHenderson 27536 | — | 2 hr 47 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Lexington Memorial Hospital Inc ER wait timeLexington 27293 | — | 2 hr 48 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Wilkes Regional Medical Center ER wait timeNorth Wilkesboro 28659 | — | 2 hr 48 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Atrium Health Pineville ER wait timeCharlotte 28210 | — | 2 hr 50 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Womack AMC (FT Bragg) ER wait timeFort Bragg 28310 | — | 2 hr 50 minCMS median | — |
| Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital ER wait timeElkin 28621 | — | 2 hr 51 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Pardee Hospital Henderson County ER wait timeHendersonville 28791 | — | 2 hr 51 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce ER wait timeAsheville 28801 | 12 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | 2 hr 53 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Frye Regional Medical Center ER wait timeHickory 28601 | — | 2 hr 54 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Harris Regional Hospital ER wait timeSylva 28779 | 4 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 2 hr 54 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Vidant Duplin Hospital ER wait timeKenansville 28349 | — | 2 hr 54 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Person Memorial Hospital ER wait timeRoxboro 27573 | 19 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 2 hr 56 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center ER wait timeSupply 28462 | — | 2 hr 57 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center ER wait timeCharlotte 28215 | — | 2 hr 58 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center ER wait timeThomasville 27360 | — | 2 hr 58 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| UNC Rockingham ER wait timeEden 27288 | — | 2 hr 58 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Atrium Health Lincoln ER wait timeLincolnton 28092 | — | 2 hr 59 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Central Carolina Hospital ER wait timeSanford 27330 | — | 3 hrCMS median | 2/5 |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital ER wait timeMooresville 28117 | — | 3 hrCMS median | 1/5 |
| Ashe Memorial Hospital ER wait timeJefferson 28640 | — | 3 hr 1 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Columbus Regional Healthcare System ER wait timeWhiteville 28472 | — | 3 hr 4 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Iredell Memorial Hospital Inc ER wait timeStatesville 28677 | — | 3 hr 6 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Johnston Health ER wait timeSmithfield 27577 | — | 3 hr 6 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast ER wait timeConcord 28025 | — | 3 hr 7 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital ER wait timeWinston-Salem 27157 | — | 3 hr 7 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Caldwell Memorial Hospital ER wait timeLenoir 28645 | — | 3 hr 9 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital ER wait timeElizabethtown 28337 | — | 3 hr 11 minCMS median | — |
| Northern Regional Hospital ER wait timeMount Airy 27030 | — | 3 hr 11 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Haywood Regional Medical Center ER wait timeClyde 28721 | 19 min liveHospital-posted · 8:33 AM | 3 hr 12 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| UNC Health Care Wayne ER wait timeGoldsboro 27534 | — | 3 hr 12 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center ER wait timeCharlotte 28277 | — | 3 hr 13 minCMS median | — |
| Granville Health Systems ER wait timeOxford 27565 | — | 3 hr 14 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Caromont Regional Medical Center ER wait timeGastonia 28052 | — | 3 hr 15 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| UNC Health Nash ER wait timeRocky Mount 27804 | — | 3 hr 15 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Wakemed, Cary Hospital ER wait timeCary 27518 | 40 min liveHospital-posted · 8:16 AM | 3 hr 15 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Wilson Medical Center ER wait timeWilson 27893 | — | 3 hr 16 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center ER wait timeWinston-Salem 27103 | — | 3 hr 17 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health ER wait timeCharlotte 28203 | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Rex Hospital ER wait timeRaleigh 27607 | — | 3 hr 18 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Onslow Memorial Hospital ER wait timeJacksonville 28546 | — | 3 hr 19 minCMS median | 1/5 |
| Scotland Memorial Hospital ER wait timeLaurinburg 28352 | — | 3 hr 19 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| UNC Lenoir Health Care ER wait timeKinston 28501 | — | 3 hr 20 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital ER wait timePinehurst 28374 | — | 3 hr 21 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Ecu Health North Hospital ER wait timeRoanoke Rapids 27870 | — | 3 hr 22 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Watauga Medical Center ER wait timeBoone 28607 | — | 3 hr 23 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center ER wait timeWilmington 28402 | — | 3 hr 24 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Wakemed, Raleigh Campus ER wait timeRaleigh 27610 | 15 min liveHospital-posted · 8:16 AM | 3 hr 24 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital ER wait timeRaeford 28376 | — | 3 hr 28 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| NMC Camp Lejeune ER wait timeCamp Lejeune 28547 | — | 3 hr 30 minCMS median | — |
| The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc ER wait timeNags Head 27959 | — | 3 hr 33 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Chatham Hospital Inc ER wait timeSiler City 27344 | — | 3 hr 34 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital ER wait timeDunn 28334 | — | 3 hr 36 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Novant Health Rowan Medical Center ER wait timeSalisbury 28144 | — | 3 hr 36 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Randolph Hospital ER wait timeAsheboro 27203 | — | 3 hr 36 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Alamance Regional Medical Center ER wait timeBurlington 27216 | — | 3 hr 38 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center ER wait timeFayetteville 28302 | — | 3 hr 39 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, the ER wait timeGreensboro 27401 | — | 3 hr 42 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Carolina East Medical Center ER wait timeNew Bern 28560 | — | 3 hr 43 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Catawba Valley Medical Center ER wait timeHickory 28602 | — | 3 hr 43 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center ER wait timeHuntersville 28078 | — | 3 hr 46 minCMS median | 4/5 |
| Vidant Edgecombe Hospital ER wait timeTarboro 27886 | — | 3 hr 49 minCMS median | 3/5 |
| Carteret General Hospital ER wait timeMorehead City 28557 | — | 3 hr 56 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| High Point Regional Health System ER wait timeHigh Point 27261 | — | 3 hr 58 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Novant Health Matthews Medical Center ER wait timeMatthews 28106 | — | 4 hrCMS median | 5/5 |
| Duke Regional Hospital ER wait timeDurham 27704 | — | 4 hr 4 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Southeastern Regional Medical Center ER wait timeLumberton 28359 | — | 4 hr 8 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| Ecu Health Medical Center ER wait timeGreenville 27834 | — | 4 hr 40 minCMS median | 2/5 |
| UNC Hospitals ER wait timeChapel Hill 27514 | — | 4 hr 46 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Duke University Hospital ER wait timeDurham 27705 | — | 4 hr 56 minCMS median | 5/5 |
| Apex Healthplex ERApex 27502Live-only source row | 5 min liveHospital-posted · 8:16 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
| Wendell Healthplex ERWendell 27591Live-only source row | 5 min liveHospital-posted · 8:16 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
| Garner Healthplex EREast WakeMed Garner Healthplex Garner 27529Live-only source row | 14 min liveHospital-posted · 8:16 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
| South Asheville FSERArden 28704Live-only source row | 14 min liveHospital-posted · 8:30 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
| Brier Creek Healthplex ERWakeMed Brier Creek Healthplex Raleigh 27617Live-only source row | 27 min liveHospital-posted · 8:16 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
| North Hospital ERRaleigh 27614Live-only source row | 46 min liveHospital-posted · 8:16 AM | —no typical median yet | — |
North Carolina 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.