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📍 Cedar City, UT 84720
Wholesale medical supply and medical suppliers near Cedar City, UT. Visit Walmart #1438 at 1330 S Providence Center Dr for same-day returns, replenishment kits, and verified LAC Health logistics support.
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Cedar City, Utah—known as “Festival City USA” with 36,000+ residents—serves as southern Utah’s primary healthcare hub, strategically positioned 250 miles south of Salt Lake City (Utah’s capital with major medical centers) and 170 miles northeast of Las Vegas (Nevada’s largest city). Our LAC Health counter inside Walmart #1438 at 1330 S Providence Center Drive provides Iron County’s healthcare network with same-day access to wholesale medical supplies, compliant returns processing, and emergency logistics coordination for a vast service area spanning from St. George (50 miles south) to Richfield (100 miles north), covering Utah’s most geographically isolated communities.
Cedar City Hospital (Intermountain Health’s 48-bed acute care facility serving Iron County’s 57,000+ residents), Valley View Medical Center’s Cedar City campus, Southwest Utah Public Health Department, and rural clinics throughout the Colorado Plateau region rely on this waypoint for surgical instrument trays, respiratory equipment, home health DME, and emergency medical supplies. Cedar City’s location at the junction of Interstate 15 and State Route 56—the primary east-west corridor connecting southwestern Utah to Nevada—and its role as the gateway to Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Cedar Breaks National Monuments means regional healthcare providers serve both permanent residents and millions of annual tourists requiring emergency care in remote settings.
Since Cedar City’s founding in 1851 as an iron mining settlement, healthcare infrastructure has evolved from frontier medicine to a sophisticated rural healthcare network. Southern Utah University’s presence (10,000+ students) adds a young demographic to the region’s otherwise aging rural population. Today, Iron County faces unique healthcare challenges: vast geographic distances (larger than Connecticut), extreme elevation changes (5,800 to 11,300 feet), severe winter conditions isolating mountain communities, and tourist emergencies from national parks. The region’s demographics—17.8% over age 65 (higher than Utah’s 11.8% average) combined with seasonal population surges—create complex supply chain demands. This Cedar City hub keeps southern Utah’s frontier communities supplied with STAT deliveries routed through +1 (703) 810-3898 rather than waiting for shipments from distant Salt Lake City or Las Vegas distribution centers.
Parking: Free parking with 500+ spaces. Medical supply delivery vehicles may use the south-side loading dock, equipped for high-altitude temperature-controlled shipments.
Highway Access: Located directly off Interstate 15 (Exit 59), southern Utah’s primary north-south lifeline. Total drive time from Cedar City Hospital: 3 minutes; from Southern Utah University Health Center: 5 minutes; from Parowan: 18 minutes; from St. George Regional Hospital: 52 minutes; from Panguitch Hospital: 45 minutes via scenic State Route 143.
Nearby Landmarks: This location sits in Cedar City’s main commercial district, 0.5 miles from Interstate 15, 2 miles from Southern Utah University campus, and serves as the last major supply point before entering Utah’s vast national park region.
This location is staffed by southern Utah healthcare logistics professionals who understand the unique challenges of frontier medicine, including extreme distances, elevation effects on medical equipment, seasonal population surges, and the critical nature of maintaining supply chains across Utah’s most isolated communities. Each team member is trained in high-altitude medical logistics, rural healthcare delivery patterns, and emergency response coordination for national park incidents.
Southern Utah Territory Lead
Michael coordinates wholesale medical supply logistics across Iron, Garfield, Kane, and Washington Counties—an area larger than Massachusetts. After 15 years as emergency services director for Iron County (managing medical responses across 3,300 square miles including three national monuments), Michael joined LAC Health in 2020 to establish southern Utah’s rural supply network. He holds Wilderness EMT certification and specializes in high-altitude medical logistics, understanding how elevation affects everything from oxygen concentrator settings to medication efficacy. Michael’s relationships span Cedar City Hospital, rural health clinics, search and rescue teams, and Native American health services, ensuring that medical suppliers near me searches from Utah’s frontier communities connect to life-saving logistics despite vast distances and challenging terrain.
Email: [email protected]
On-Site Transfer Specialist
Sarah handles physical custody transfers at this Cedar City hub, coordinating secure handoffs for everything from trauma supplies to high-altitude medical equipment. A member of the Paiute Indian Tribe and former flight nurse with Intermountain Life Flight, Sarah navigated southern Utah’s challenging terrain for 8 years, understanding firsthand how critical timely medical supplies are in frontier settings. Previously certified in pharmacy technology at Cedar City Hospital, she ensures temperature-sensitive medications maintain integrity despite Cedar City’s extreme temperature swings. Sarah’s bilingual skills (English/Southern Paiute) and cultural competency enhance LAC Health’s service to tribal communities across southern Utah.
Email: [email protected]
Compliance & Documentation Specialist
James ensures every transaction meets regulatory standards adapted for frontier healthcare’s unique challenges. He previously served as pharmacy director at Cedar City Hospital, managing medication distribution across southern Utah’s rural network including satellite clinics in Panguitch, Kanab, and Parowan. James holds specialized certifications in high-altitude pharmacology and rural pharmacy practice. His expertise includes DEA compliance for controlled substances in frontier settings, temperature excursion management for long-distance rural deliveries, and coordination with Utah’s Poison Control Center for remote consultation support. James ensures that medical suppliers near me searches from Cedar City and surrounding frontier communities result in fully compliant deliveries despite the logistical challenges of serving Utah’s most remote regions.
Email: [email protected]
This retail location operates 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. daily, maintaining consistent hours despite seasonal tourist fluctuations. For after-hours emergency pickups (search and rescue supplies, Life Flight equipment, critical medications for isolated communities), call our 24/7 dispatch line at +1 (703) 810-3898 to arrange secure access. Winter storm protocols ensure availability even during Interstate 15 closures.
Inform the service desk that you’re completing a LAC Health wholesale medical supply transaction. Provide your facility name (e.g., “Cedar City Hospital,” “Iron County Search and Rescue,” “Paiute Tribal Health”), purchase order number, or RMA authorization. Our associate verifies credentials against our database of authorized southern Utah healthcare providers, including frontier clinics, emergency services, and tribal health programs.
Our field coordinator verifies credentials, photographs shipments with particular attention to high-altitude equipment calibration labels, and scans barcodes using our mobile system. Temperature-sensitive items receive enhanced monitoring due to Cedar City’s extreme climate variations (5,800 feet elevation, 75°F daily temperature swings possible). Controlled substances for rural hospice and emergency medicine require DEA 222 witness verification with additional documentation for frontier healthcare exemptions.
Within 90 seconds, your facility receives confirmation including GPS coordinates, product photos, lot numbers, and estimated transit times accounting for elevation changes and road conditions (Cedar City Hospital: 3 minutes; Parowan: 18 minutes; Panguitch: 45 minutes via mountain passes; St. George: 52 minutes through Virgin River Gorge). High-altitude equipment includes calibration certificates, and temperature-sensitive shipments show continuous monitoring data.
This LAC Health hub serves one of America’s most geographically challenging healthcare regions, supporting providers across southern Utah’s vast frontier:
Cedar City’s role as southern Utah’s healthcare hub reflects the region’s unique geography and demographics. The area encompasses three national parks (Zion, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks), numerous state parks, vast BLM lands, and Native American reservations. This creates a healthcare service area spanning 10,000+ square miles with population density under 10 people per square mile outside Cedar City. Tourist injuries, high-altitude emergencies, and the needs of isolated rural residents create complex logistics challenges that LAC Health’s Cedar City hub addresses through strategic positioning and deep understanding of frontier healthcare delivery.
Cedar City was founded in 1851 by Mormon pioneers sent by Brigham Young to establish an iron mining “mission” in southern Utah’s red rock country. The settlement struggled initially—iron production failed, conflicts with Paiute tribes erupted, and isolation nearly ended the experiment. However, Cedar City persevered, becoming the agricultural and commercial center for Utah’s “Color Country.” The arrival of the railroad in 1923 connected this frontier outpost to broader markets, while the establishment of Southern Utah University in 1897 (originally as a teaching college) brought education and culture to the high desert.
Healthcare in early Cedar City consisted of midwives, folk remedies, and the occasional traveling doctor. The first hospital, a converted residence, opened in 1916. Modern healthcare arrived with Cedar Valley Hospital in 1974, later becoming part of Intermountain Health. The transformation of southern Utah from isolated frontier to international tourist destination—sparked by the establishment of Zion (1919) and Bryce Canyon (1928) National Parks—created new healthcare demands. Today’s 3 million annual park visitors stress emergency services designed for 57,000 permanent residents.
Cedar City’s evolution from mining failure to “Festival City USA” (hosting the Utah Shakespeare Festival since 1962) parallels southern Utah’s healthcare transformation. The region’s economy shifted from extraction and agriculture to tourism, education, and outdoor recreation. This transition brought younger demographics (SUU students) alongside aging rural populations, creating diverse healthcare needs. The opening of Interstate 15 in the 1970s ended centuries of isolation but also increased trauma cases. Climate change intensifies challenges—longer fire seasons, extreme heat events, and flash floods in slot canyons create new emergency scenarios. LAC Health’s Cedar City hub ensures frontier healthcare providers aren’t abandoned by modern supply chains, maintaining critical logistics links for communities that measure distances in hours, not miles. Medical suppliers near me searches from Panguitch, Parowan, or Kanab connect these isolated communities to the same-day logistics their urban counterparts take for granted.
Cedar City’s demographics reflect southern Utah’s complex population dynamics: median age 26.5 years (skewed by SUU students) masks surrounding communities’ aging trend—Iron County overall shows 17.8% over 65, significantly higher than Utah’s 11.8% average. The city proper holds 36,000 residents while Iron County totals 57,000, with population density varying from 100+ per square mile in Cedar City to under 2 per square mile in eastern mountain regions. Median household income of $56,000 falls below state average ($86,800), reflecting the service economy’s dominance and retiree fixed incomes. Educational attainment splits dramatically: 35% hold bachelor’s degrees in Cedar City (SUU influence) versus 18% in rural county areas. Seasonal population swings see summer peaks of 50,000+ with tourist influx and winter lows when students depart. Religious demographics (68% LDS) influence healthcare patterns through large families, low substance abuse rates, and strong community support networks enabling aging in place in frontier settings.
For STAT deliveries during search and rescue operations, Life Flight equipment needs, frontier clinic emergencies, or supply requests during Interstate 15 closures. Our dispatch center coordinates with Cedar City Hospital, emergency services across three national parks, and isolated rural clinics to ensure critical supplies reach southern Utah’s most remote locations regardless of weather or terrain challenges.
For RMA authorizations on high-altitude damaged equipment, temperature-excursion pharmaceuticals from frontier deliveries, expired medications from rural clinics, or controlled substance returns from hospice programs. Our specialists understand frontier healthcare’s unique compliance challenges, including extended expiration allowances for remote facilities.
Submit priority requests for mass casualty supplies (tour bus accidents, backcountry rescue operations), rare blood products for Cedar City Hospital, specialized high-altitude medical equipment, or tribal health emergency needs. Our escalation team understands southern Utah’s vast distances and limited resources, coordinating air transport when ground delivery isn’t feasible.
All LAC Health operations in Cedar City comply with standard regulations plus frontier-specific requirements:
Average rating 4.9 out of 5 from frontier hospitals, rural clinics, emergency services, and tribal health programs across southern Utah’s vast service area.
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Fulfillment SLA
< 48 hrs
Rapid replenishment window for regional providers
Delivery radius
75 mi
Same-day courier coverage for urgent orders
Specialties
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona
Segments we stage locally
FAQs
Our Cedar City distribution center is located at 1330 S Providence Center Dr, Cedar City, UT, 84720. Guests can schedule dock appointments or curbside pickups by contacting the onsite team.
We stock assortments for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, and Florida along with general med-surg supplies to support acute, outpatient, and community-based care teams.
Reach our centralized fulfillment desk at +1-703-810-3898 or [email protected] for delivery coordination.
We provide scheduled replenishment, rapid-ship med-surg totes, capital equipment staging, and compliance-ready documentation for healthcare operators across UT.
