ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1568415974
General Acute Care Hospital in Brainerd, MN

Q: What is St. Joseph's Medical Center's NPI number?

The NPI number for St. Joseph's Medical Center is 1568415974. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on May 18, 2006. The provider is doing business as Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center.

Q: What is St. Joseph's Medical Center's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does St. Joseph's Medical Center have?

CMS rates Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center 4 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.

Active since May 18, 2006

4/5

Hospital Overall Rating

523 N 3RD ST, BRAINERD, MN 56401(218) 829-2861(218) 828-3103 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: June 30, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

Record update history: Jun 30, 2025, Jan 9, 2017 (2 updates tracked since 2017).

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About St. Joseph's Medical Center NPPES

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

ST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER (NPI 1568415974), doing business as Essentia Health-st. Joseph's Medical Center, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Brainerd, Minnesota and active in the NPI registry since May 2006. The organization lists Kevin Boren, Vp Of Finance, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1568415974

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameST. JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER

Location Address523 N 3RD STBrainerd, MN 56401-3054

Mailing Address523 N 3rd StBrainerd, MN 56401-3054 · (218) 829-2861 · Fax (218) 828-3103

Phone(218) 829-2861

Fax(218) 828-3103

Organization SubpartYesParent: Essentia Health

Authorized OfficialKevin BorenVp Of Finance · (218) 786-1009

Enumeration DateMay 18, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateJune 30, 20252 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedJune 30, 2025

✔ NPI 1568415974 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 2

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in MN · 334411

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 ListedRehabilitation, Substance Use Disorder UnitTaxonomy 276400000X

523 N 3RD ST, Brainerd, MN 56401

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsEssentia Health-st. Joseph's Medical Center

Other Identifiers 2

Other1553HJOMN · Blue Cross

Medicaid736045200MN

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Medica, Sanford Health Plan.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center (CMS certification number 240075), from CMS Care Compare.

Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Brainerd, MN

4/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number240075

Location523 North 3rd StreetBrainerd, MN 56401 · Crow Wing County · (218) 829-2861

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

4/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

4/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

4/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

3/5

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

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

12.1% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

8.5% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

13.9% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

17.4% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

14.9% No different than national

Infections 4

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 1.491 predicted · 1,761 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 1.566 predicted · 1,648 patient days

0.000 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

0 observed cases · 1.391 predicted · 56 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

2 observed cases · 7.705 predicted · 24,914 patient days

0.260 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

73 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

199 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

97 fewer days than average per 100 discharges

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

826 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

179 No different than national

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

179 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 18

Emergency department volume

Medium

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

1.4%

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

107 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

179 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

24%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

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.

ALISHA K NESS DO

Hospitalist