Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital
Contact Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital
Find out more about top-quality, personalized health care for yourself and your family available close to home. Call Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital in Rock Rapids, Iowa, at 712-472-5400.
Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital in Rock Rapids, Iowa, along with the Avera Medical Group Rock Rapids and affiliated clinics and physician offices, provides you and your family with comprehensive health care – and access to extensive medical specialties – as part of the Avera Health system serving South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa.
Innovative Health Care Close to Home
Across the Avera Health system, including Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital, you benefit from evidence-based care, a strong focus on your safety and comfort while you stay with us, and the best possible outcomes.
As a Christian health care ministry rooted deeply in Gospel values, we provide for the needs of the people in our region with quality, cost-effective, accessible health care services, featuring the latest technology.
You receive the same leading-edge health services you'd find at major medical centers and regional referral sites, including precision diagnosis and treatment using advanced technology such as:
Telemedicine Services
You and your doctor also can take advantage of Avera's innovative telemedicine services for 24/7 consultations and treatment from a wide range of medical specialists - all without leaving the Rock Rapids area.
Planet Heart Screenings
Are you at risk for heart disease or other life-threatening heart conditions? Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital offers you two screenings designed to identify heart and vascular disease through Planet Heart, a program of the Avera Heart Hospital. Call 712-472-5400 today to schedule your heart or vascular check.
Health Services
When you or your loved ones face a health challenge or life with a chronic condition, you want the best possible care for your situation. Trust Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital and Avera Medical Group Rock Rapids for fast response to emergency situations with the Careflight Emergency Air Transport service and physicians who provide:
Explore the additional health services you can access when you choose Avera.
Advanced Orthopedic Care in Rock Rapids
Orthopedic surgeon Patrick O'Brien, MD, provides a wide range of bone, muscle and joint care for you close to home in Rock Rapids. An outreach orthopedics provider, Dr. O'Brien visits the second Monday of each month and specializes in:
- Arthroscopic surgery for the shoulder, knee, elbow and hip
- Rotator cuff repairs
- Hip scopes and labral tear repairs
- Knee meniscus and ligament repair/reconstruction (ACL)
- Sports medicine
Schedule a Physician Appointment
Call our scheduling receptionist at 712-472-5300 to arrange a physician appointment. Tell us the reason for your visit so we can set up the right span of time. Once you schedule an appointment, plan to arrive 15 minutes early.
We offer many outreach specialty services, with visiting physicians in specialties such as cardiology; orthopedics; and surgery. For an appointment to see a visiting physician, call the Avera Medical Group Rock Rapids Clinic at 712-472-5300.
Schedule a Laboratory Appointment
For most laboratory appointments, plan to arrive between 7:30–8 a.m. If you don’t need to fast before your lab, arrive half an hour before your scheduled appointment.
What to Bring to Your Appointment
Be prepared to pay your insurance co-pay amount when you arrive for your visit and bring your:
- Insurance card
- Driver’s license or photo identification
Visitor & Patient Information
Because families and caregiver networks play an important role in your health and recovery, encourage them to visit while you stay with us—they’re welcome any time. Check with our staff for visitor options that best fit your recovery plan.
Find out how to prepare for your hospital stay at Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital. When you’re ready to return home or when you need additional care, you benefit from our care coordination activities that connect you with in-home services, local facilities and community resources to support your recovery and next steps.
Take advantage of our spiritual care services, and learn more about advance directives and end-of-life care planning.
Become a Volunteer
Interested in volunteering to join our mission and support Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital? We are looking for volunteers to help and are accepting applications for consideration.
Submit an application
Discover Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital
Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital is a licensed, critical-access hospital that offers a full range of advanced services. With a tradition of service inspired by the Sisters of the Presentation and Benedictine Orders, Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital serves the health needs of our community and area with accessible, cost-effective care.
Explore life in the city of Rock Rapids and enjoy exciting outdoor adventures in this community along the Rock River in a tristate corner where Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota meet.
Avera Merrill Pioneer Foundation
The generous gifts of patients, families, employees, community members and area businesses help us create a lasting promise of exceptional, compassionate care for all. Through philanthropy, stewardship and honoring the wishes of our donors, the Foundation supports valuable services, provides life-saving medications, lodging to be near loved ones, transportation and many needed educational programs and materials.
A gift to the Avera Merrill Pioneer Foundation touches lives for a lifetime. Be our partner in furthering the mission of the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Contact us at 712-472-5406 or donate online.
