North Shore Health Reimbursement & Financial Overview
North Shore Health is a government-owned critical access hospital in Grand Marais, Minnesota, providing inpatient and outpatient care with key clinical specialties including primary care, emergency services, orthopedics, and behavioral health. As a community-focused critical access hospital serving Cook County and surrounding rural communities, it provides patients access to core clinical services, coordinated specialized care, telehealth connections, and transfer relationships to higher-level regional centers.
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CMS Facility Identification & Reporting Details
CMS facility data for North Shore Health includes hospital classification, ownership, location, CMS Certification Number (CCN), and Medicare cost reporting period.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Address | 515 5th Ave W, Grand Marais, MN 55604-0010 |
| County | Cook |
| CBSA | 99924 |
| Rural / Urban | R |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 241317 |
| Facility Type | Critical Access Hospital |
| Ownership | Government |
| Fiscal Year | Jan 2023 – Dec 2023 |
North Shore Health Financial Performance & Hospital Financial Data
North Shore Health’s financial performance provides insight into the hospital’s financial stability, operating efficiency, cost pressures, and capacity to sustain patient care and invest in future growth. These metrics help finance, revenue cycle, and managed care teams evaluate performance, identify financial trends, and better understand the hospital’s overall financial position.
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| Account | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total Current Assets | $12M |
| Total Assets | $47M |
| Total Current Liabilities | $2.8M |
| Total Liabilities | $31M |
| Total Equity (Fund Balance) | $16M |
| Current Ratio | 4.06 |
| Debt-to-Equity | 1.91 |
North Shore Health Medicare, Medicaid & Payer Mix
North Shore Health’s Medicare, Medicaid, payer mix, and community benefit data provide insight into reimbursement exposure, patient coverage trends, uncompensated care, and reliance on government and commercial payers. These metrics help assess payer composition, reimbursement dynamics, financial risk, and the hospital’s overall revenue profile.
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| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Charity Care Cost | $130K |
| Bad Debt Expense | $380K |
| Uncompensated Care Cost | $490K |
| Total Unreimbursed & Uncompensated | $730K |
North Shore Health Taxonomy
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| Code | Type |
|---|---|
| 282NC0060X [PRIMARY] | Critical Access Hospital |
North Shore Health NPI Registration & Network
Explore NPI affiliations associated with North Shore Health, including connected healthcare organizations, individual practitioners, specialties, and provider network relationships. A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit ID assigned by CMS to healthcare providers. Type 1 NPIs identify individual practitioners, while Type 2 NPIs identify organizations such as hospitals, clinics, and group practices.
Registration Details
NPI registration data for North Shore Health includes the hospital’s National Provider Identifier, registered business name, mailing address, authorized official, and registration date.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| NPI | 1487712493 |
| Doing Business As | Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center, North Shore Health |
| Mailing Address | 515 5th Ave W, Grand Marais, MN 55604-3017 |
| Phone | (218) 387-3040 |
| Authorized Official | KIMBER WRAALSTAD, ADMINISTRATOR |
| Authorized Official Phone | (218) 387-3260 |
| NPI Registered Since | Dec 04, 2006 |
NPI Network
Organizations and individual practitioners affiliated with North Shore Health's Tax Identification Number (TIN), as registered in the NPPES database.
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| NPI Type 2 | Organization | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1780743674 | COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT | GRAND MARAIS | MN |
| 1225192073 | COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT | GRAND MARAIS | MN |
| 1942364799 | COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT | GRAND MARAIS | MN |
| Type 1 NPIs | States Spanned |
|---|---|
| 130 | 25 |
Also Known As
Alternate names registered for this facility's NPI in the NPPES registry — trade names (doing business as), former legal names, and other names.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center | Doing Business As |
| North Shore Health | Doing Business As |
Frequently Asked Questions
References
- 1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
- 2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
- 3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.
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