The Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital is a 56-bed general medical and surgical hospital. Services offered at the hospital include obstetrics, psychiatry, and transitional care services. There are 17 physicians on the active staff of the hospital. Physician's specialties include family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, and radiology. The average daily census of the hospital is approximately 30 patients.
The hospital primarily serves Alaska Native and American Indian citizens; however, it is open to all people. People residing in the community of Sitka need a referral from a private health practitioner unless they are otherwise entitled to services. The hospital is operated by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health consortium, a consortium of twenty Alaska Native tribes from throughout the region.