Spirit Lake healthcare
Lakes Regional is close and useful, with referrals and winter transport part of the care plan
Lakes Regional Healthcare is mapped about 0.6 miles away with 49 beds and Level IV trauma care in the prepared records. The hospital describes emergency, inpatient, surgical, imaging, respiratory, rehabilitation, and other community services, while Iowa Health and Human Services lists it as a Level IV trauma hospital serving Dickinson County. That proximity can simplify urgent evaluation and ordinary hospital care for a carefully located home.
The catalog counts four pharmacies and nine selected Medicare specialists. Ask which care stays in Spirit Lake, which goes to a larger regional center, how snow and ice affect the trip, and whether the personal insurer, pharmacy, specialist, rehabilitation provider, and home support fit the household. Confirm appointment access, prescriptions, imaging, cardiac care, oncology, surgery, rehabilitation, parking, records, and aftercare before moving.
Access to care
The nearby facility count is useful when matched to the personal provider, insurer, pharmacy, transport, transfer destination, and route from the exact home.
1
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Good
- Hospital Access
- Very Good
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 0
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 18.9 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
- Poor
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 4
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 9
- 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
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 6
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 0.6 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 0.6 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 49
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 17
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 4
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 0.6 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 3
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 1
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- 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
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 37.2%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Moderate
2 of 5 stars · 0.6 mi away
Accura Healthcare of Spirit Lake (165528) · 0.6 mi away
Spirit Lake in everyday life
Could Spirit Lake work for you?
What may work well
- Lakes Regional Healthcare is mapped about 0.6 miles away with 49 beds and Level IV trauma care in the prepared records.
- Four pharmacies and nine selected Medicare specialists give a retiree a useful local starting point for provider and coverage calls.
What to think about
- The nearby hospital provides acute community care, but distance alone does not tell you whether a service, specialist, or coverage is available.
- A 49 bed Level IV hospital is valuable local care but does not remove the need to understand referral destinations for complex surgery and specialty care.
- Car use is Required, so appointments, emergency travel, parking, prescriptions, rehabilitation, and regional referrals depend on transport and road conditions.
Turn local care into a personal plan
Confirm the providers
Name the primary care clinician, specialists, pharmacy, hospital, insurer, rehabilitation provider, referral destination, and home support options before choosing the address.
Run the routes
Drive to Lakes Regional, a pharmacy, a specialist, rehabilitation, and the likely referral route. Check entrances, parking, traffic, winter roads, lodging, and return time.
Prepare for a difficult day
Keep prescriptions, records, contacts, transport, emergency directions, chargers, food, water, warm clothing, and a family plan ready for an emergency, outage, storm, or recovery at home.
Questions retirees ask
What is the closest hospital to Spirit Lake?
Lakes Regional Healthcare is mapped about 0.6 miles away in the prepared records, with 49 beds and Level IV trauma care. Confirm current services, providers, coverage, and emergency entrance directly.
What happens if Lakes Regional cannot provide a procedure?
Ask the personal care team where complex surgery and specialty referrals go, how transfers are arranged, and how snow, ice, lodging, family support, and follow up affect the household.
How should I compare Spirit Lake healthcare?
Compare each provider by the personal service, insurer network, prescriptions, emergency transfer, imaging, surgery, rehabilitation, parking, winter transport, and route from home. The catalog lists one nearby acute hospital.
Spirit Lake offers useful local hospital care, but the personal plan needs names, coverage, prescriptions, referral destinations, transport, winter routes, and home support. Confirm those details before treating a short distance as complete healthcare access.
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.
- CMS Provider Data Catalog + OpenStreetMap
Used for Healthcare Access, Primary Care Access
Checked 2026-07-03
- 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 2026-07-03
- 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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