St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center is a critical access hospital serving Blaine County and the surrounding region. It provides a broad range of advanced services for its size, including an Emergency Department staffed by board-certified emergency physicians, state-of-the-art surgical facilities and outpatient infusion services, including chemotherapy. A wide variety of primary and specialty care providers coordinate patient care in local clinics, along with a network of 170 physicians.

Total Community Benefit - Wood River

$9.8 Million

More Community Benefit Reports

• Health System Report (All Communities)
• St. Luke’s Elmore Report
• St. Luke’s Magic Valley Report
• St. Luke’s McCall Report
• Treasure Valley Report
• West Treasure Valley Report

*Providers with practice privileges at our locations.

Providing a High Quality of Care

All numbers provided as of fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2023.

St. Luke’s provides health care to eligible patients without charge or at a reduced rate, based upon a sliding scale derived from federal poverty guidelines.

Giving Thanks

Our work assessing and addressing community needs would not be possible without a visionary board of directors and dedicated community boards. We are grateful for their partnership and guidance.

The information provided in this report is required by Idaho Code 63-602D, which states that 501(c)(3) hospitals having 150 or more beds must file a community benefit report with the Board of Equalization by Dec. 31 of each year. According to the code, the report is to include a description of the process the hospital has used to determine general community needs that align with the hospital’s mission. In addition, the report shall include the hospital’s amount of:

• Unreimbursed services for the prior year (charity care, bad debt, and under-reimbursed care covered through government programs). 
• Donated time, funds, subsidies and in-kind services.
• Additions to capital such as physical plant and equipment.