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Critical Access Hospital

Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital

Barrow, Alaska · North Slope · Emergency services listed

  • 7000 Uula St, Barrow, AK 99723 · Directions
  • (907) 852‑4611
  • Emergency room: yes
  • Medicare overall rating: not rated
  • Hospital type: Critical Access Hospital · Ownership: Tribal

Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital at 7000 Uula St, Barrow, AK 99723. Phone: (907) 852-4611. It has an emergency department.

Data as of October 26, 2026. Source: CMS Hospital General Information and the hospital’s website (checked October 30, 2026).

Summary

Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital is a critical access hospital in Barrow, Alaska. Medicare data lists emergency services. Its official website lists 34 services, specialties and programs. Medicare lists 31 affiliated clinicians. Source: CMS Hospital General Information, data updated 2026-10-26.

What is a critical access hospital?

A small rural hospital with 24-hour emergency care, designated by Medicare to keep care available far from big cities. More about hospital types

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Profile from official sources

Built from official Medicare (CMS) data and the hospital’s own website (checked 2026-10-30). Every service links to the page that lists it. Services change: call the hospital to confirm before you go.

In a medical emergency, call 911.

At a glance

YesEmergency services
Not ratedNot rated by CMSMedicare rating
31Doctors and clinicians
34Services listed

Quick answers

Does Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. Medicare (CMS) data lists emergency services at Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital. In a medical emergency, call 911.
Where is Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital?
7000 Uula St, Barrow, AK 99723, in North Slope, Alaska.
What is the phone number of Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital?
(907) 852-4611, as listed by Medicare (CMS).
What is the Medicare star rating of Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital?
CMS does not show an overall star rating for this hospital. This is common, for example when a hospital reports too few quality measures or is not part of the rating program.

Specialties and care areas[4][7]

Treatments[6]

  • Stabilization of critical or life-threatening injuries before transfer

Procedures[8][11]

Programs and centers[4][6][7]

  • Screening for Life
  • Emergency Room
  • Specialty Clinic

Emergency care (hospital website)[4][6]

Emergency roomYes
Open 24/7Yes
Trauma designationLevel IV

Recognition[11]

  • College of American Pathologists (CAP) laboratory accreditation

Doctors and clinicians (31)

31 doctors and other clinicians list Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital as a hospital where they work, in Medicare's official clinician data (updated 2026-10-02). It is not a complete staff list.

Main specialties

Doctors with a page on this site (31)

And 7 more: the button below opens the full list.

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About the Medicare star rating

CMS (the federal Medicare agency) gives many hospitals an overall rating from 1 to 5 stars, based on measures of mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. It is one piece of information: ask your doctor what matters for your care. See the full Medicare profile →

Medicare quality data

What Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital reported to Medicare (CMS), the federal agency that publishes these results for hospitals nationwide. These are averages for many patients, not a prediction for any one person: ask your doctor what matters for your care. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Complications and deaths

What this means: Death rates are the share of patients who died within 30 days of going into the hospital for that condition, adjusted for how sick they were. PSI-90 combines several serious complications (a lower number is better). “No different from the national rate” is the most common result and means the hospital is in line with hospitals nationwide.

Deaths within 30 days: pneumonia patients15.1%
Deaths within 30 days: COPD patients7.1%
Not reported to MedicareDeaths within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery (CABG); Serious complications (patient safety indicator PSI-90); Complications after hip or knee replacement
Too few cases to reportDeaths within 30 days: heart attack patients; Deaths within 30 days: heart failure patients; Deaths within 30 days: stroke patients

Source: Complications and Deaths - Hospital — CMS, released October 20, 2026; data from July 2022 to June 2025.

Return visits to the hospital (readmissions)

What this means: The share of patients who had to be admitted to a hospital again within 30 days after going home, adjusted for how sick they were. A lower percentage is better.

Returned to any hospital within 30 days (all patients)16.8%
Readmitted within 30 days: pneumonia18.1%
Readmitted within 30 days: COPD20.6%
Not reported to MedicareReadmitted within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery; Readmitted within 30 days: hip or knee replacement
Too few cases to reportReadmitted within 30 days: heart attack; Readmitted within 30 days: heart failure

Source: Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital — CMS, released October 20, 2026; data from July 2024 to June 2025.

Not reported to Medicare: the patient survey, infections caught in the hospital, emergency room times and sepsis care. For these topics Medicare shows no result for this hospital (not reported, or too few cases).

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ER wait times and Medicare ratings nearby

How this hospital compares with others in the area, ranked only by official Medicare (CMS) numbers.

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Prices

We have not been able to read a price file for Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital yet. Every US hospital must publish its standard charges online (federal price transparency rule): look for “price transparency” or “standard charges” on the hospital’s website, or call the hospital and ask for an estimate. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Hospital information

Hospital typeCritical Access Hospital
Address7000 Uula St, Barrow, AK 99723
CountyNorth Slope
StateAlaska
Phone(907) 852‑4611
Emergency servicesYes
OwnershipTribal
Medicare overall ratingNot rated by CMS
CMS Certification Number021312
Name in Medicare recordsSAMUEL SIMMONDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Profile levelMedicare data + hospital website
Official websitearcticslope.org
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Sources

  1. Hospital General Information — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data updated 2026-10-26, retrieved 2026-11-13
  2. Medicare Care Compare — official Medicare profile of this hospital
  3. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder — map position used for distances

From the hospital’s website

Numbers match the citations above. Checked 2026-10-30.

  1. Hospital Services — arcticslope.org
  2. Arctic Slope Native Association | Emergency Room Services — arcticslope.org
  3. Arctic Slope Native Association | Specialty Clinic Services — arcticslope.org
  4. Arctic Slope Native Association | Medical Imaging Services — arcticslope.org
  5. Arctic Slope Native Association | Lab Services — arcticslope.org