MN · Acute Care Hospitals
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- 5/5★
- CMS overall rating
- #63 of 2,866
- Peer rank by rating
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
523 NORTH 3RD STREET, Brainerd, MN 56401
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating A+
- 5 / 5
- Mortality Outcomes B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety B
- 1 better / 0 worse
- Readmission Rates A
- 1 better / 0 worse
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (5 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (5 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (9 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS Hospital Compare placement
According to CMS Hospital Compare, Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center ranks #63 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (5/5).
- #63
- of 2,866 rated hospitals
- 5/5
- overall star rating
- MN
- state
Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 240075 · MN 5/5★
STAR-5 · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-LEAD
- STAR-5 5/5 stars
- TOP-DECILE #63/2866
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-LEAD 2 above · 0 below
Nearest rated peer outside MN: Adventhealth Fish Memorial, FL (±0★)
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
Star-rating neighbourhood around Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside MN, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.
Where this rating sits nationally
CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals
5 Top 10% higher than 90% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals
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Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center sits in the above-average CMS measure third
Across mortality, patient-safety, and readmission cells, Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center posts 2 above-average counts against 0 below-average - a LEAD sheet in the Hospital Compare measure stack.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(218) 829-2861
523 NORTH 3RD STREET, Brainerd, MN 56401
What to do with this hospital profile
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center posts a LEAD CMS measure sheet (2 above-avg cells). Compare MN facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for MN. MN profile
- Browse hospitals reporting Medicare data in MN. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center, all outside MN so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar CMS star rating
Nearest rated hospitals outside MN (5/5 here).
Similar Acute Care Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside MN.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside MN by CMS above/same/below cell totals (2/17/0 here · QUAL-LEAD). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center rank among CMS-rated hospitals?
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center beats 90% of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published CMS overall star rating, at 5/5 stars.
What type of hospital is Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center?
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center is an acute care hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in Brainerd, MN.
Does Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center publish machine-readable price data?
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.