Wabasha healthcare
What healthcare is available in Wabasha and how should a retiree plan beyond the local hospital?
The catalog maps one nearby hospital record: St. Elizabeths Medical Center, a critical-access facility listed at 25 beds and about 1.2 miles from the center. Gundersen describes a Wabasha hospital and primary-care clinics in Wabasha and Alma. The American Hospital Association separately describes a 25-bed rural hospital and a 100-bed long-term-care facility. Keep the hospital, clinic, and long-term-care roles distinct.
The catalog lists four pharmacies and a selected-specialist access measure of 52. Those values can begin a local care map, but they do not guarantee a prescription, network match, appointment, bed, transfer, or specialist in the needed field. Ask about emergency access, imaging, laboratory, surgery, rehabilitation, behavioral health, home support, pharmacy stock, insurance, language, and care after discharge.
Rochester is the nearest scheduled medium or large airport in the catalog at about 39 miles, while regional care may use other destinations. Confirm the likely referral hospital, transportation, family lodging, records, payment, insurance, and return plan. Drive the full route in winter and darkness before assuming the local distance tells the whole story.
Access to care
1 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.
1
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Moderate
- Hospital Access
- Very Good
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 0
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 29.9 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
- 11
- 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
- 0
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 5
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 4
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 1.2 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 29.1 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 25
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 12
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 2
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 1.0 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 0
- 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
- 1
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 25.7%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 1
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Good
4 of 5 stars · 29.1 mi away
GUNDERSEN ST ELIZABETH'S CARE CENTER (245487) · 1.0 mi away
Wabasha in everyday life
Could Wabasha work for you?
What may work well
- A local critical-access hospital, primary-care presence, four pharmacies, a prepared specialist-access measure, and regional roads create a practical starting map.
What to think about
- Local capacity, specialist fields, appointment timing, pharmacy stock, network status, transfer timing, and regional travel need direct confirmation.
Map Wabasha care from local entry to regional referral and return
Confirm local services
Ask St. Elizabeth's and primary-care contacts about current beds, emergency entry, diagnostics, services, specialists, referrals, language, payment, insurance, and prescriptions.
Check daily support
Map four pharmacy options, prescriptions, laboratory, imaging, dental, vision, rehabilitation, behavioral health, home support, and a lower-energy return.
Run the regional route
Confirm the likely referral hospital, transport, family lodging, coverage, records, winter access, airport connections, and follow-up at home.
Questions retirees ask
Does Wabasha have a hospital?
Yes. The catalog maps St. Elizabeths Medical Center as a nearby 25-bed critical-access facility about 1.2 miles from the center. Gundersen identifies the Wabasha hospital and clinics. Confirm current services, emergency access, capacity, and regional referrals directly.
Are specialists available in Wabasha?
The catalog provides a selected-specialist access measure of 52 rather than a complete specialist count. Ask local providers and insurers about the needed fields, referrals, new patients, appointments, transportation, and regional care.
Is St. Elizabeth's a long-term-care facility too?
The AHA describes a 25-bed rural hospital and a separate 100-bed long-term-care facility. Keep acute hospital, clinic, and long-term-care services separate and confirm current ownership, capacity, and admission rules.
Wabasha has a clear local care starting point, but the retirement decision depends on current services at the 25-bed critical-access hospital, pharmacy and specialist access, and the full regional referral and winter return route.
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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