421 11th Street NW, Wadena, MN, 56482 · (218) 631-7489
Beds
18
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$94.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$505K
Patient care margin -8.8%
Discharges
759
Occupancy 42.9%
Clinicians
104
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $94.5M | $102.8M | -8.8% | $505K | 759 | $1.5M | 27.3% | 1.6% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 13.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 6.3% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.1% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $90.9M | $98.5M | -8.4% | $1.5M | 685 | $1.4M | 27.2% | 5.6% |
| 2023 | $79.6M | $90.6M | -13.8% | -$1.5M | 552 | $481K | 37.1% | 6.6% |
| 2022 | $76.0M | $77.4M | -1.8% | $6.1M | 640 | $1.4M | 32.4% | 3.0% |
| 2021 | $72.5M | $77.1M | -6.3% | $11.0M | 793 | $960K | 30.0% | 4.2% |
| 2020 | $56.9M | $69.3M | -21.9% | $7.8M | 641 | $1.1M | 39.1% | 9.9% |
| US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Doctors always communicated well | 84% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 86% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 77% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 87% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 74% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 138 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 8% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 64% | US median 79% |
Astera Health is a nonprofit critical access hospital in Wadena, MN with 18 beds and a 3-star overall rating.
Astera Health in Wadena, MN has 18 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 25 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 759 inpatients that year, with 42.9% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Astera Health reported net patient revenue of $94.5M and operating expenses of $102.8M, a margin on patient care of -8.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was $505K (0.5% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Astera Health is not part of a multi-hospital health system in the official ownership records. It is a nonprofit hospital (Nonprofit (other)).
Astera Health has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Astera Health provides emergency services.
104 Medicare clinicians list Astera Health as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.