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Petersburg Medical Center

Po Box 589, Petersburg, AK 99833 · (907) 772-4291

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency room

Petersburg Medical Center is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Petersburg, Alaska, with 12 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.13 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Alaska hospital ($3.98).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.13listed for every $1 its care costs Alaska typical $3.98
2 h 6 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
12beds

Quality and patient experience

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$88what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.6Mnet income, all sources
−10.4%margin on patient care alone
$214,004cost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$421,693unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
116full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

Nearby hospitals

40 miles awaySearhc Wrangell Medical Center & LtcWrangell, AKNot rated$1.88 listed per $1 of cost

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Distances are approximate: this hospital is placed by its ZIP code.