How long are ER waits at Michigan hospitals right now? | Fieger Law
Only two Michigan systems publish live ER waits — Trinity Health (ten ERs) and McLaren. Their current numbers are below and refresh automatically. Henry Ford, DMC, Corewell, and Hurley publish nothing live, so for them this page shows the only honest figure that exists: the federal median for a complete ER visit. In a true emergency, call 911.
Last refreshed July 14, 2026 18:28 UTC
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Michigan emergency-room wait times: Trinity Health and McLaren live feeds, CMS typical-visit medians for Henry Ford, DMC, Corewell, Hurley
Live hospital-reported wait estimates, refreshed automatically
1. Direct answer
Two Michigan systems publish live ER waits — Trinity Health and McLaren. The rest publish nothing, so their only honest number is the federal typical-visit median. The first table below is live and hospital-reported: Trinity's ten Michigan ERs (southeast Michigan and the west side) and McLaren's queue estimates. The second table is different in kind — CMS's median total time in the ER for the big systems that publish no live figure (Henry Ford, DMC, Corewell Royal Oak, Hurley, McLaren Flint). A live number is the estimated wait to be seen; the CMS number is how long a whole visit typically takes. Don't compare one to the other.
2. Live ER waits — Trinity Health and McLaren
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈1 hr 39 min
Trinity Health Emergency Center — Brighton — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈39 min
Chelsea Hospital Emergency Center — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈36 min
Trinity Health Oakland Hospital — Pontiac — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈25 min
Trinity Health Livonia Hospital — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈50 min
Trinity Health Shelby Hospital — Macomb County — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈1 hr 52 min
Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈26 min
Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈3 min
Trinity Health Emergency Center — Byron Center — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈15 min
Trinity Health Emergency Center — Rockford — Reported by the hospital via its MyChart wait-time feed, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Hospital-reported estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. ≈19 min
McLaren Greater Lansing Emergency Department — Queue-based estimate via the hospital's Clockwise.MD check-in system, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. 179–189 min
McLaren Fenton emergency department (freestanding) — Queue-based estimate via the hospital's Clockwise.MD check-in system, as of 2:28 PM EDT. Estimate of the wait to be seen; emergency departments treat the sickest patients first. 0–10 min
In an emergency — Call 911. These figures are hospital-reported estimates for planning, not triage guidance — emergency departments treat the sickest patients first, and a low number is not a promise.
3. Typical total visit time — systems that publish no live figure
Henry Ford Hospital — Detroit — Median total time patients spend in this emergency department (CMS Timely & Effective Care, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025). A typical-visit figure, not a live queue estimate. typical visit ≈3 hr 34 min
Detroit Receiving Hospital (DMC) — Median total time patients spend in this emergency department (CMS Timely & Effective Care, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025). A typical-visit figure, not a live queue estimate. typical visit ≈2 hr 23 min
Henry Ford St. John Hospital — Detroit — Median total time patients spend in this emergency department (CMS Timely & Effective Care, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025). A typical-visit figure, not a live queue estimate. typical visit ≈2 hr 50 min
Corewell Health (Beaumont) — Royal Oak — Median total time patients spend in this emergency department (CMS Timely & Effective Care, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025). A typical-visit figure, not a live queue estimate. typical visit ≈4 hr 28 min
Hurley Medical Center — Flint — Median total time patients spend in this emergency department (CMS Timely & Effective Care, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025). A typical-visit figure, not a live queue estimate. typical visit ≈2 hr 49 min
McLaren Flint — Median total time patients spend in this emergency department (CMS Timely & Effective Care, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025). A typical-visit figure, not a live queue estimate. typical visit ≈3 hr 6 min
4. How to read these numbers
The two tables measure different things
Live rows estimate the wait to be seen. CMS rows are the median length of a complete visit — arrival to departure. A 20-minute live wait and a 3-hour typical visit are both normal at the same hospital.
"Not reported" is not "no wait"
A live source showing no estimate has simply stopped reporting for the moment. Assume normal waits, not an empty waiting room.
Why Henry Ford, DMC, and Corewell have no live row
Those systems don't publish current ER waits anywhere. The federal median is the only defensible number that exists for them — an answer most search results get wrong by quoting stale or invented figures.
Triage outranks the clock
Chest pain, stroke signs, severe bleeding, and trouble breathing are seen immediately at any ER regardless of the posted wait. When in doubt, call 911.
5. If an ER delay caused harm
Posted waits and triage records can matter later
If a serious condition — a stroke, sepsis, an emergency delivery — sat unseen for hours, the triage log, timestamps, and staffing records become the timeline a malpractice review is built on.