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523 N 3rd Street Brainerd, Minnesota 56401
7 days a week
8:30am - 5:00pm
Call for holiday hours
7 days a week
8:30am - 5:00pm
Call for holiday hours
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Essentia Health-Brainerd St. Joseph’s PharmacyParking & Entrance Information
Use the main Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center (Brainerd) door off North 3rd Street. We have free valet parking at our main door with patient and visitor parking across the street. We also have many handicapped spaces by the main door.
Free Valet Parking
Enjoy free valet parking Monday through Friday, from 7 am to 4 pm. To use this service, pull up to the main door off North 3rd Street.
Joint Commission Accredited
This location is accredited by the Joint Commission. This internationally recognized symbol of quality represents our commitment to providing exceptional patient care. View all our awards and recognitions.
Facility Overview
Welcome to the Essentia Health-Brainerd St. Joseph’s Pharmacy. You can expect a small-town setting, expert pharmacy care and the convenience of receiving all your medications before leaving the hospital. This pharmacy is located inside the Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center.
Pharmacy Services
Get your prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, and more at our pharmacy, including:
- Quick access to your medication list and history if you’re an Essentia patient
- Specialty pharmacy services for uncommon drugs
- Flu shots are available from October through March for ages 6 and older
- COVID-19 and shingles shots are available throughout the year
- Someone you can talk to about financial help for medications
- Meds to Beds (delivery to the hospital room for patients being discharged from the hospital)
- Medication Therapy Management. Review all your medications one-on-one with a pharmacist to ensure that your medications are safe, effective and affordable. Make an appointment for medication therapy management at an Essentia clinic near you.
- Medicare Part B Billing, including diabetic testing supplies
Local Prescription Delivery
Live in Brainerd, MN? Call your Essentia Health pharmacy to ask about having your prescription delivered to your door at no extra cost*. Schedule a time to have it dropped off when you or another adult can sign for it.Don’t live in Brainerd? Learn about all the ways you can get your prescription.*Enrollment in SyncMyMeds, Essentia's monthly prescription service, is required for no cost on deliveries. Some restrictions may apply. Call 844-380-5642 for more information.Safe Medication Disposal Drop Boxes
Have unused or expired medicines? Safely dispose of prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines in our blue MedSafe drug drop boxes at all Essentia pharmacies.
- Use a marker to cross out your name on container. (Drop off is anonymous.)
- Keep medications in the original container and place them in the blue, metal drop box.
You don’t have to be an Essentia patient to use this service. Sorry, we don’t take needles, syringes, lancets, thermometers, or medications from businesses. If you're not near an Essentia pharmacy, you can also follow these safe prescription drug disposal guidelines from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Generic Drugs
To save you money, we’ll substitute a less expensive, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved generic drug when possible. We make this substitution only if the drug is safely interchangeable with, and a therapeutic equal to the brand-name drug prescribed by your health care provider. Essentia Health pharmacies offer generic medications for as low as $5 a month.If you object to a substitution, tell us when you order your medication or before you leave the pharmacy.
Compliments & Complaints
If you’d like to share a compliment, concern, or suggestion, please fill out our online compliments and complaints form.