Avera St. Luke’s Hospital

Avera St. Luke’s Hospital delivers comprehensive health care and extensive medical specialty services to residents of northeastern South Dakota and surrounding areas of Minnesota and North Dakota.

Innovative Health Services Close to Home

No matter where you live, whether in a rural location or the Aberdeen community, you and your doctor can rely on Avera St. Luke’s for the vital care you need, right here at home.

Get fast access to a wide range of specialists at Avera St. Luke’s through our innovative telemedicine services, available at more than 150 Avera clinics and doctor offices across the region.

In the Aberdeen area, you can visit the hospital or one of our affiliated primary care clinics, physician offices or urgent care locations.

Avera St. Luke’s is the only hospital in Aberdeen to offer 24/7 heart care. Heart attack signs and symptoms:

• Pain, pressure, squeezing, tightness or heaviness in the chest, jaw or neck
• Difficulty breathing unrelated to activity
• Heaviness, tingling or numbness in either arm
• Dizziness, light-headedness or unusual fatigue
• Profuse sweating unrelated to activity

If you experience any of these symptoms, listen to your heart, think Avera. Learn more

Sign Up for a Heart Screening

Determine your risk of heart disease and other life-threatening conditions with Heart Smart heart and vascular screenings at Avera St. Luke’s. You and your doctor will receive a clear picture of your cardiovascular health that empowers you to develop a plan for a healthy lifestyle and medical care to lower your risk of heart attack and stroke.

Purchase a Heart Smart Gift Certificate and Give the Gift of Health

Give someone you love the gift of health by purchasing a Heart Smart gift certificate. Either screening is $75, or get both screenings for $125. Purchase a gift certificate at the Admitting desk inside of Avera St. Luke’s. The Admitting desk is just inside of Door 2 near our emergency department.

Advanced Technology & Expert Care

When you face a health challenge or life with a chronic condition, you want the best possible care for your situation. Trust Avera St. Luke’s for an extensive array of advanced technology and services, including:

• Verified Level III Trauma Center – Designated by the American College of Surgeons for comprehensive, 24/7 response to emergencies
• Careflight emergency air transport – Rapid transport by air ambulance, equipped with the latest in life-saving technology and expert trauma teams
• Advanced imaging, diagnostic and treatment technology – Includes high-performance CT, MRI and other digital imaging services to interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, minimally invasive surgical procedures and more.
• Digital and 3-D mammography with new technology that allows patients to control the pressure to the breast with technologist supervision.
• Avera QuickLabs - Stop in when it’s convenient and take advantage of a variety of blood tests for a flat fee. Avera QuickLabs hours are Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM, closed on weekends and holidays.
• Avera Wound Care Center - Comprehensive care, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), for patients with non-healing wounds.

Top-Rated Care

At Avera St. Luke’s, you benefit from evidence-based care, a strong focus on your safety and comfort while you stay with us, and the best possible outcomes.

In addition, you’re assured of outstanding care from the experts at Avera St. Luke’s because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shows we meet or exceed national standards on quality measures related to heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, emergency care and stroke care.

You’ll also appreciate the professional, compassionate care you receive at Avera St. Luke’s.

Visiting Hours & Patient Information

Because families and caregiver networks play an important role in your health and recovery, be sure to encourage them to visit while you stay with us. Review patient and visitor information such as dining options, visiting hours and policies at Avera St. Luke’s, as well as lodging and accommodations.

Find out how to prepare for you or your child's hospital visit or understand your role in safe health care. Take advantage of our spiritual care services.

Preregister Online for Care at Avera St. Luke’s

From the comfort of your home, you can fill out a secure, confidential online patient questionnaire. This saves the time of sharing this information at the time of admission.

Get an Estimate

Our price estimate tool will help you plan for upcoming health services.

Volunteer at Avera St. Luke’s

Put your talents, interests and skills to work by volunteering at Avera St. Luke’s. You can make a difference by serving in the hospital, at blood drives, or even from home by knitting caps for chemotherapy patients, sewing or making crafts to sell that go toward patient programs.

Find Classes & Events

Check out health-related classes and events at Avera St. Luke’s. Find support groups, health screenings or programs in your neighborhood.

Discover Avera St. Luke’s

More than a century ago, the Presentation Sisters of Aberdeen were called upon to turn their school classrooms to sick wards during a diphtheria epidemic. As a result of their response to this crisis, the doctors and citizens of Aberdeen asked the Sisters to establish a hospital. Through the decades, Avera St. Luke’s has continued to grow in response to health needs as part of the region-leading Avera Health system. Discover more about Avera St. Luke’s, including:

• Community health needs assessment and implementation plan
• Facilities, such as the Don & Carmen Meyer Center of Excellence and Avera Mother Joseph Retirement Community
• Notice of Privacy Practice

Avera St. Luke’s Foundation

Help provide top-quality health care to Avera patients, families and communities, regardless of anyone’s ability to pay. Your gift changes lives and supports our healing ministry. Contact the Avera St. Luke’s Foundation or call us at 605-622-5887.

South Dakota Grant Information

The Internal Revenue Service Form 990 has been filed, if applicable, in compliance with federal law, and is displayed immediately after filing on the recipient's or sub-recipient's website. Additional Information

As a recipient of Federal financial assistance, Avera St. Luke’s Hospital does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services and benefits under any of its programs and activities, whether carried out by Avera St. Luke’s Hospital or through a contractor or any other entity with which programs or activities are arranged.

This statement is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes of the Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 80, 84, and 91.