Astera Health
Critical Access Hospitals · Voluntary non-profit - Other
421 11th Street Nw
Wadena, MN 56482
- Emergency services
- Medicare overall rating: 3 of 5 stars
At a glance
- Clinicians who list this hospital
- 106
- Physicians (MD and DO)
- 67
- Beds
- 18
- Medical groups
- 13
Quality and patient experience
- Medicare overall rating (of 5)
- 3
- Patient survey rating (of 5)
- 4
- Patients who would definitely recommend it (national average 71%)
- 72%
Compared with the national rate
| Measures | Better | Same | Worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths after treatment | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Safety of care (infections, complications) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Readmissions and return visits | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Number of Medicare quality measures where this hospital’s rate is statistically better than, the same as (no different from), or worse than the national rate.
What patients said
- Doctors communicated well 4 of 5 stars
- Nurses communicated well 5 of 5 stars
- Explained medicines 4 of 5 stars
- Discharge information 4 of 5 stars
- Clean 4 of 5 stars
- Quiet at night 5 of 5 stars
From 132 patient surveys (HCAHPS), period ending 09/30/2025.
Medicare “birthing-friendly” hospital: takes part in a maternity care quality program and follows recommended safety practices.
Source: CMS Care Compare (Hospital General Information; Patient survey HCAHPS). Ratings describe the hospital overall, not individual doctors.
Physicians by specialty
- Family Medicine 13
- Cardiology 6
- Hospitalist 6
- General Surgery 6
- Interventional Cardiology 4
- Hematology & Oncology 4
- Urology 4
- Pulmonology 3
- Pathology 3
- Orthopedic Surgery 2
- Radiation Oncology 2
- Emergency Medicine 2
- Psychiatry 1
- Rheumatology 1
- ENT (Otolaryngology) 1
- Ophthalmology 1
- Cardiac Electrophysiology 1
- Radiology 1
- Gastroenterology 1
- Internal Medicine 1
- Nephrology (Kidney) 1
- Neurology 1
- OB-GYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology) 1
- Vascular Surgery 1
Other clinicians
Medical groups whose clinicians work here
- Astera Health 67
- Centracare Clinic 22
- St Josephs Medical Center 11
- St Cloud Hospital 7
- Mille Lacs Health System 7
- St Cloud PAthologists PA 2
- Lakewood Health System 2
- St Cloud Orthopedic Associates LTD 2
- Maui Trauma Surgeons LLP 1
- Metroplex Clinic Physicians Inc 1
- Eye Consultants of Fargo PLLC 1
- Perham Hospital District 1
- Advanced Specialty Associates 1
Number of each group’s clinicians who list this hospital.
Sources: CMS Hospital General Information and Doctors and Clinicians Facility Affiliation (Care Compare), CMS certification number 241354. Counts are clinicians who list this hospital with Medicare; they include part-time and visiting clinicians and aren’t staff totals. Residents and beds are from the hospital’s Medicare cost report. Ratings are Medicare’s, not ours.