AVERA ST LUKES
NPI 1457309270
General Acute Care Hospital in Aberdeen, SD

Q: What is Avera St Lukes's NPI number?

The NPI number for Avera St Lukes is 1457309270. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on May 4, 2006.

Q: What is Avera St Lukes's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Avera St Lukes have?

CMS rates Avera St Lukes 5 out of 5 stars overall on Care Compare, based on measures of safety, patient experience and outcomes. The full measure detail is in the Hospital Quality Ratings section above.

Q: When was this NPI record last updated?

The NPPES record for Avera St Lukes was last updated on April 27, 2023. NPI Profile syncs with the weekly NPPES data releases published by CMS.

Active since May 04, 2006

5/5

Hospital Overall Rating

305 S STATE ST, ABERDEEN, SD 57401(605) 622-5000(605) 622-5255 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: April 27, 2023. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: July 26, 2026.

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About Avera St Lukes NPPES

Official registry information on file with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.

AVERA ST LUKES (NPI 1457309270) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Aberdeen, South Dakota and active in the NPI registry since May 2006. The organization lists Daniel J Bjerknes, President/ceo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1457309270

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameAVERA ST LUKES

Location Address305 S STATE STAberdeen, SD 57401-4527

Mailing AddressPo Box 1460Sioux Falls, SD 57101

Phone(605) 622-5000

Fax(605) 622-5255

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialDaniel J BjerknesPresident/ceo · (605) 622-5125

Enumeration DateMay 4, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateApril 27, 2023

NPPES CertifiedApril 20, 2023

✔ NPI 1457309270 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 3

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in SD · 10525

Definition

An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

Also ListedNutritionist · Nutrition, EducationTaxonomy 133NN1002X

Also ListedAmbulance · Air TransportTaxonomy 3416A0800X · License 10525 (SD)

305 S STATE ST, Aberdeen, SD 57401

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Other Identifiers 4

Medicaid0100140SD

Medicaid5590280SD

Medicaid01087ND

Medicaid9020650SD

Group Practice 1

Group TaxonomyThis provdier is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, all of who practice with the same area of specialization.193400000X SINGLE SPECIALTY GROUP

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Avera Health Plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Medica.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Avera St Lukes (CMS certification number 430014), from CMS Care Compare.

Avera St Lukes

Acute Care Hospitals · Aberdeen, SD

5/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Church

CMS Certification Number430014

Location305 S State St Post Office Box 4450Aberdeen, SD 57401 · Brown County · (605) 622-5000

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

4/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

3/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

4/5

Star ratings summarize responses from patients surveyed after discharge, collected through the CMS HCAHPS program.

Complications & Deaths 18

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

3.1 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

12.8% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

8.9% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.4% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

15.4% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

13.8% No different than national

Infections 4

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 1.184 predicted · 1,706 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 2.169 predicted · 3,216 patient days

0.000 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

0 observed cases · 1.78 predicted · 71 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

5 observed cases · 7.32 predicted · 11,873 patient days

0.683 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

105 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

179 fewer days than average per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

142 days per 100 discharges

Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)

Cases too small to report

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

170 No different than national

Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

170 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 14

Emergency department volume

Low

Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations

0.9%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

89%

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better

111 minutes

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit- Psychiatric/Mental Health Patients. A lower number of minutes is better

99 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 5

Elective Delivery

27%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Cesarean Birth

Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (All)

336

Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (excluding blood-transfusion-only cases)

336

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 20

Providers registered at the same practice address, or within the immediate area, according to the NPPES registry.

FRANK MICHAEL SNYDER

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered