Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center
523 NORTH 3RD STREET, Brainerd, MN 56401
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN has an average Medicare payment of $15,177 and a Value Score of A (80/100). Compare prices for 14 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center carries a CMS 5-star quality rating — the top tier of the federal Hospital Compare program, awarded to a small share of U.S. hospitals. The underlying CMS Hospital Compare measures are mostly favorable — the better-than-benchmark count exceeds the worse-than-benchmark count by a meaningful margin.
Cost-wise, Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center is mid-pack: $15,177 average payment across documented procedures, close to the median for U.S. acute-care facilities. Combined with the quality measures, Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center earns a value score of 80/100 — high quality at a competitive cost, the top-tier combination for a patient comparing options.
Ownership is non-profit, the dominant pattern in U.S. acute care. Non-profit hospitals generally reinvest operating margins rather than distribute them; the federal CMS measure set treats them identically to other ownership categories for reporting purposes. The CMS payment record for Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center lists 14 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses, Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC, Renal Failure with CC. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $6,882 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $12,423 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $11,913 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $13,053 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $8,221 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $57,290 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $4,657 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $8,709 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $9,872 |
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with MCC DRG 480 · Orthopedic | $22,394 |
Cesarean Section without CC/MCC DRG 766 · Obstetric | $7,881 |
Cellulitis with MCC DRG 603 · Infectious | $13,007 |
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $11,503 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $24,671 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center Compares
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center has an average Medicare payment of $15,177, 2% above the Minnesota state average of $14,886. That is 4% lower than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Orthopedic, where the typical payment is $26,891 (44% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of A (80/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center Cost & Quality FAQ
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center has an average payment of $15,177 across 14 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center has a CMS star rating of 5 out of 5. Quality measures include mortality rates, safety incidents, and readmission rates from Medicare data.
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center has a Value Score of A (80/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Voluntary non-profit - Private facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 523 NORTH 3RD STREET, Brainerd, MN 56401. Phone: (218) 829-2861.
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