Duluth healthcare
Duluth offers named medical campuses, while the home to care route still matters
The current healthcare ledger lists four nearby hospitals, 28 pharmacies, and published access rows for primary care, specialists, emergency care, healthy aging, and physical activity. Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center provides a named emergency and trauma resource, while Essentia Health Duluth Miller Dwan adds rehabilitation, burn care, surgery, and connected downtown medical campus services.
Proximity is not a promise of clinical quality, capacity, appointments, coverage, or personal outcomes. A workable plan should identify primary care, specialists, medication supply, referrals, emergency entrance, parking, winter travel, DTA or paratransit options, and the complete route from the chosen Duluth home.
Access to care
4 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
4
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Excellent
- Hospital Access
- Excellent
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 3
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 2.1 mi
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Good
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 28
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 212
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 7
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 11
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 8
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 11
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 8
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 23
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 29
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 2
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.1%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 5
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 2.2 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 2.2 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 837
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 4
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 11
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 1.4 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 5
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 1
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 4
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 2
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 2
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 1
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 29.9%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 1
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 1
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Good
4 of 5 stars · 2.2 mi away
VIEWCREST HEALTH CENTER (245414) · 1.4 mi away
Duluth in everyday life
Could Duluth work for you?
What may work well
- Essentia St. Mary's and Miller Dwan provide clear local medical campus anchors with emergency, trauma, rehabilitation, surgery, and inpatient descriptions.
- Four nearby hospitals and 28 pharmacies give a household concrete facilities and prescription resources to verify.
- Duluth's city setting, DTA, paratransit, internet, and library resources can support a care plan that does not rely on one route alone.
What to think about
- Facility proximity does not settle quality, capacity, wait times, coverage, appointments, referrals, or personal outcomes.
- Winter hills, ice, snow emergencies, sidewalk conditions, parking, and a Recommended car plan can make care travel harder.
- Registry counts and published access rows require confirmation for the household's primary care, specialty, medication, and accessibility needs.
Plan Duluth care around the named institution, coverage, and winter access
Choose primary care first
Confirm coverage, new patient status, referrals, records, prescriptions, accessibility, parking, and the full route from the selected home before relying on the published access rows.
Separate facility descriptions
Keep St. Mary's emergency and trauma description separate from Miller Dwan rehabilitation, burn, surgery, and inpatient services, then confirm the need at hand.
Map pharmacy and backup travel
Use the 28 pharmacy records, DTA, paratransit, parking, snow emergencies, winter footwear, caregiver help, and a backup ride for medications and appointments.
Use the decision actions
Save the care plan, Compare another address, and choose Find my fit after coverage, referrals, pharmacy, emergency access, winter travel, and recovery questions are answered.
Questions retirees ask
Which local medical institutions matter most?
Essentia St. Mary's Medical Center is described with 24 hour emergency care and Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma designation. Miller Dwan is described as a 165 bed hospital with rehabilitation, burn care, surgery, and connected downtown facilities.
Does four nearby hospitals guarantee easy care?
No. The count helps identify facilities, but capacity, quality, coverage, appointments, referrals, wait time, access, and the winter route from home still require direct confirmation.
What does the 28 pharmacy count mean?
It is a registry based count of pharmacies in the published local surface. Confirm the preferred pharmacy, medication availability, delivery, hours, insurance, and route from the selected home.
Can DTA support medical travel?
DTA provides fixed route service and paratransit resources across Duluth and nearby communities. Confirm current routes, reservations, eligibility, transfers, snow conditions, and a backup ride for a time sensitive appointment.
What should a care visit include?
Confirm the department, entrance, parking, coverage, referrals, prescriptions, accessibility, discharge help, winter approach, caregiver plan, and the trip home before relying on a nearby facility.
Duluth's named Essentia campuses and nearby hospital and pharmacy records give a household a solid starting map, but a workable plan depends on primary care, coverage, referrals, prescriptions, winter travel, and the exact home. Save the care map, Compare another address, and choose Find my fit after those details are confirmed.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access, Primary Care Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-18
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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