Sanford Bemidji Medical Center is the largest hospital in the region and a regional referral hub for north-central Minnesota. It is a short-term acute care hospital, part of the not-for-profit Sanford Health system, offering inpatient and outpatient surgery, cardiac care, general medical and surgical services, orthopedics, intensive and critical care, radiology, rehabilitation, and emergency care. Your endocrinology clinic sits attached to the medical center with a connected walkway.
| Metric | Detail |
|---|---|
| Facility type | Short-term acute care hospital |
| Ownership | Not-for-profit, part of Sanford Health |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Licensed beds | 118 |
| Staffed beds | 110 |
| Employees | 1,496 |
| Trauma designation | Level III trauma center |
| EMR | Epic |
| Accreditation | The Joint Commission |
| Geographic classification | Rural |
Annual ER visits: about 22,736
Annual admissions: more than 6,000
Case mix index: 1.58
Average length of stay: 3.73 days
More than 800 births per year in a Level II nursery
HCAHPS summary star rating: 3 stars
Sanford Bemidji holds a strong position in its service area, with an inpatient market share around 37 percent and outpatient market share near 59 percent. It anchors a network of more than 50 hospitals within the Sanford system and serves patients across Beltrami County and the surrounding rural region. Patient origination is concentrated in Bemidji, with meaningful volume from Cass Lake, Red Lake, Bagley, and other nearby communities.
Top referring providers into the medical center span internal medicine, family practice, ophthalmology, and nurse practitioner care, which gives an incoming endocrinologist an established primary care base to build referral relationships with as the service line grows.
