Elkhart General Hospital: Address, Phone & Patient Info

Elkhart General has served the Elkhart community for more than a century. The main campus sits beside the St. Joseph River and is part of Beacon Health System.

Major hospital capabilities

• 24-hour Emergency Department.
• Level III Trauma Center.
• Heart, vascular and stroke care.
• Cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology.
• TAVR and vascular procedures.
• Maternity and childbirth.
• Level 2-B newborn intensive-care nursery.
• Orthopedics and joint replacement.
• General and robotic surgery.
• Cancer care and outpatient infusion.
• Radiology and imaging.
• Outpatient rehabilitation.
• Behavioral health.
• Genetic counseling.
• Outpatient pharmacy.

Bring to scheduled hospital care

• Government-issued photo identification.
• Current insurance card.
• Physician order when required.
• Referral or prior-authorization information.
• Medication list.
• Allergy information.
• Advance directive or health-care representative documents when applicable.
• Any requested outside imaging or medical records.

Elkhart General is the hospital facility. Many outpatient doctors who admit or operate at the hospital see patients at Beacon Medical Group practices or independent specialty offices around Elkhart.

Cardiology and heart specialists

General and vascular surgery

Orthopedic surgeons

OB/GYN physicians

Pulmonary and critical-care physicians

Neurology

Current Beacon neurologists with Elkhart General affiliations include Jose Lopez, MD, James Kozelka, MD and other hospital neurology/neurohospitalist physicians. Dr. Lopez’s current Beacon profile states that he provides inpatient consultations and critical-care neurological coverage at Elkhart General.

Hematology and oncology

Current Beacon directory physicians affiliated with Elkhart General include Hafiz Muhammad Aslam, MD, James Jin, MD and other hematology/oncology clinicians. Beacon Medical Group Oncology Elkhart is at 1215 Lawn Avenue, Suite 120, phone 574-523-2733.

Emergency physicians are available around the clock. Beacon identifies Elkhart General as a Level III Trauma Center.

What Level III means

• 24-hour immediate emergency-medicine coverage.
• Prompt availability of general surgeons.
• Prompt anesthesiology availability.
• Resuscitation and stabilization of injured patients.
• Emergency surgery when appropriate.
• Intensive-care capability.
• Transfer agreements for patients who need Level I or II resources.
• Trauma quality-review and injury-prevention programs.

Use the ER for problems such as

• Chest pain or suspected heart attack.
• Stroke symptoms.
• Severe breathing difficulty.
• Major injury.
• Severe bleeding.
• Loss of consciousness.
• Severe allergic reaction.
• Serious poisoning.
• Other potentially life-threatening conditions.

Beacon’s cardiac program at Elkhart General provides hospital-based heart, vascular and stroke services, while many outpatient cardiology visits take place at RiverPointe or Elkhart Cardiology.

Services include

• Emergency cardiac evaluation.
• 24/7 specialized stroke response.
• General cardiology.
• Interventional cardiology.
• Electrophysiology.
• Cardiac catheterization.
• Cardiothoracic surgery.
• Heart-rhythm treatment.
• TAVR for selected aortic-valve patients.
• Endovascular aneurysm repair.
• Peripheral vascular treatment.

Elkhart General’s maternity center uses private labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum (LDRP) rooms, allowing many mothers to labor, deliver and recover in the same private suite.

Published room features include

• Private LDRP room.
• Rocking chair.
• Television.
• Hideaway bed for a support person.
• In-room refrigerator.
• Breastfeeding/lactation support.

Level 2-B newborn intensive care

The Newborn Intensive Care Unit is located within the maternity center and provides enhanced monitoring and treatment for newborns who need care beyond a routine well-baby nursery.

Hospital surgical capabilities include

• General surgery.
• Vascular surgery.
• Cardiothoracic surgery.
• Orthopedic surgery.
• Joint replacement.
• da Vinci robotic surgery.
• Emergency surgery.
• Selected minimally invasive procedures.

Before a scheduled operation

Oncology services around the Elkhart General campus include physician oncology, hospital-based cancer treatment and ambulatory infusion.

Current oncology team examples

• Hafiz Muhammad Aslam, MD — Hematology/Oncology.
• James Jin, MD — Hematology/Oncology.
• Kristen Atwood, NP — Hematology/Oncology.
• Alison Haffner, NP — Hematology/Oncology.

Ambulatory infusion

Elkhart General’s Ambulatory Infusion Center provides outpatient infusion therapy for conditions that do not require hospital admission. A physician referral is required for infusion therapy.

Rehabilitation services include

• Physical therapy.
• Occupational therapy.
• Speech therapy.
• Orthopedic rehabilitation.
• Neurological rehabilitation.
• Congenital-condition rehabilitation.

The outpatient pharmacy is located at 600 East Boulevard within the Elkhart General campus.

Beacon provides an online price-estimator tool for approximately 300 common procedures and services at Elkhart General and other Beacon hospitals.

Beacon’s machine-readable Elkhart General Hospital Standard Charges file was updated in March 2026.

No universal doctor or ER fee

The actual amount a patient owes depends on:

• Specific service or procedure.
• Hospital facility charges.
• Physician professional services.
• Laboratory tests.
• Imaging.
• Anesthesia.
• Medication and medical supplies.
• Insurance network.
• Deductible.
• Coinsurance.
• Financial-assistance eligibility.

Current published uninsured discounts

Current Beacon financial-assistance schedule

Beacon states that it uses the most current federal poverty guidelines when calculating eligibility, so household dollar limits change when the federal poverty guideline changes.

Catastrophic assistance

Under Beacon’s current published policy, catastrophic assistance may apply when the amount owed exceeds 150% of the patient’s annual gross income and the patient cannot pay the remaining balance. After eligibility is established, the policy provides a 75% discount of the current balance.

Documents Beacon may request

• Completed and signed application.
• Household-member information.
• Income sources.
• Recent pay stubs.
• Recent bank statements.
• Tax return when available.
• Social Security or retirement-income documentation when applicable.
• Proof of support if no income is reported.
• Information about financial assets and expenses.

Beacon provider pages currently show participation across many commercial, Medicare, Medicaid and Marketplace products, including examples such as Anthem BCBS, Aetna Medicare Advantage, Ambetter, CareSource, Cigna, Humana, MHS, MDwise, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare and Indiana Medicaid.

Before scheduled care

1. Call your insurance plan.
2. Verify Elkhart General Hospital.
3. Verify the individual physician separately.
4. Ask whether the anesthesiologist and radiologist are in-network when applicable.
5. Ask whether prior authorization is required.
6. Ask about deductible, copay and coinsurance.
7. Request a hospital estimate if the service is planned.

Current payment methods

• Online bill payment.
• Payment by telephone.
• Payment by mail.
• In-person payment at the hospital cashier.
• Credit-card payment.
• Apple Pay or Google Pay at many Beacon locations where supported.
• Payment arrangements for eligible balances.

Mail payments to

Best way to request records

MyBeacon is Beacon Health System’s active patient portal for current and future Beacon care.

MyBeacon can be used to

• View new test results.
• View visit summaries.
• Send secure messages.
• Request prescription refills.
• Manage eligible appointments.
• View hospital and clinic records.
• Review imaging/radiology reports.
• Review pathology and microbiology results.
• Download and share health records.

What you need for online self-enrollment

• First and last name.
• Date of birth.
• Mobile number or email currently on file with Beacon.
• A current or upcoming Beacon appointment for self-enrollment.

Beacon’s dedicated current visitor-policy page lists 9 a.m.–7 p.m. for Elkhart General.

Elkhart General has a multi-level patient/visitor garage adjacent to the main hospital. Follow campus signs for the visitor garage and main entrance.

Useful parking tip

Beacon instructions for hospital events direct visitors using the garage to take the elevator to the first floor and enter through the hospital’s main entrance. Follow current patient/visitor signs if staff direct you differently.

Guest trays

Guests may order a meal from the patient menu by dialing extension 4567 between 6 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.. A guest tray can include one entree, two sides, dessert and a beverage.

Beacon provides free interpreter services to patients and guests who are limited-English or non-English speaking.

• On-site interpreters are available when possible.
• Telephone interpretation is accessible 24 hours a day.
• Tell the nurse, registration employee or care team that an interpreter is needed.

Practical escalation route

1. Discuss an immediate concern with the bedside nurse or treating clinician.
2. Ask for the charge nurse or unit leader if the issue remains unresolved.
3. Use the patient-care concern number above during weekday business hours.