Critical Access hospitals in Alaska
Critical Access hospitals › Alaska
Alaska has 13 Critical Access hospitals. 13 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 8 min.
A Critical Access Hospital is a Medicare designation for a small rural hospital. To qualify, a hospital keeps no more than 25 inpatient beds, sits a set distance from the next nearest hospital, keeps an average inpatient stay of 96 hours or less, and provides emergency care 24 hours a day. The designation exists to keep emergency care within reach in places too small to support a full general hospital, and it changes how Medicare pays them.
| Hospital | City | ER wait | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital | Barrow | not reported | — |
| Cordova Community Medical Center | Cordova | 2 hr 10 min | — |
| Bristol Bay Dba Kanakanak Hospital | Dillingham | 1 hr 38 min | — |
| South Peninsula Hospital | Homer | 2 hr 17 min | — |
| Ketchikan General Hospital | Ketchikan | 2 hr 10 min | 4/5 |
| Providence Kodiak Island Medical Ctr | Kodiak | 1 hr 49 min | — |
| Maniilaq Health Center | Kotzebue | not reported | — |
| Norton Sound Regional Hospital | Nome | not reported | — |
| Petersburg Medical Center | Petersburg | 2 hr 6 min | — |
| Providence Seward Hospital | Seward | 1 hr 54 min | — |
| Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium | Sitka | not reported | 3/5 |
| Providence Valdez Medical Center | Valdez | 2 hr 8 min | — |
| Searhc Wrangell Medical Center & Ltc | Wrangell | not reported | — |
Designation from the CMS Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Alaska, or Critical Access hospitals in other states. How this data works.