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Centra Care
Cold Spring, Minnesota

Family Medicine Physician – Outpatient Only – Cold Spring, MN

Family MedicineIncludes callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$260k-$500k

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Job Description

Family Medicine Physician – Outpatient Only – Cold Spring, MN

Outpatient-only | Flexible Schedule | Interconnected Team

This position is eligible for hiring incentives to include sign-on bonus and relocation assistance.

Summary

CentraCare– Cold Spring offers a high-quality outpatient Family Medicine practice with the flexibility, autonomy, and balance physicians are looking for.

Physicians can customize their scope of care, including optional obstetrics through 28 weeks and procedural work based on their interests, while enjoying minimal call and a supportive, collegial clinic culture.

Schedule

  • Day shifts | 4 day work week (1.0 FTE)
  • Flexible FTE Available, 0.6-1.0 FTE
  • Outpatient-only practice with no evening or weekend clinic shifts
  • Call by phone approximately 1:32

Pay and Benefits

  • Salary range: $260,000 - $500,000 per year
  • Pay may be determined by factors such as education, experience, skills, knowledge, location, and internal equity
  • Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
  • May be eligible for additional pay through bonuses, quality incentives, or production-based (RVU) compensation.
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, time off, retirement, employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

Required

  • BE/BC in Family Medicine
  • Eligibility for Minnesota medical licensure

Department Information

CentraCare’s Cold Spring Clinic is a well-established outpatient Family Medicine practice caring for patients of all ages. Physicians have the flexibility to shape their scope of practice, with opportunities to include obstetrics and in-office procedures, within a collaborative team environment. As part of an integrated health system, the clinic provides strong support for efficient workflows, team-based care, and a sustainable work-life balance.

Our Location

CentraCare, a leading not-for-profit health system and one of the largest providers of rural care, serves patients across Central, West Central, and Southwestern Minnesota.

It delivers nationally recognized care through 40+ medical and surgical specialties, innovative population health programs, and a collaborative physician–administration leadership model.

CentraCare – Cold Spring Clinic provides convenient, family-focused care, offering family medicine and integrated behavioral health services for patients of all ages. Cold Spring is a safe, welcoming community just 25 minutes from St. Cloud and 60 minutes from Minneapolis.

Residents enjoy abundant four-season recreation with lakes, trails, and parks, a golf course, movie theater, local breweries, historic landmarks, and the Horseshoe Chain of Lakes, often called “the best kept secret in Minnesota,” alongside a thriving local granite mining industry.

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CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality outpatient family medicine care to patients of all ages within a collaborative team environment. Customize your scope of practice with opportunities for obstetrics and in-office procedures while maintaining efficient clinical workflows.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Outpatient carePatient careClinical practice

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Minnesota, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$319k (73 salary observations; 195 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,209 salary observations; 5,817 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 50% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 8,530 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $427k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine Physician – Outpatient Only – Cold Spring, MN at Centra Care a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,530 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 37 employers

13
<$305k
8
$305k-340k
16
$340k-375k
11
$375k-410k
2
$410k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks46 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
93%
CME allowance
67%
Sign-on bonus
54% this job
Relocation assistance
41% this job
Loan repayment
39%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.8
Better work-life than 60% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,530 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • Includes call

Living in Cold Spring

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$360k≈ 1.4× annual pay
Median resident rent
$1,424/mo≈ 7% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.6
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · St. Cloud, MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Centra Care

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Cloud, MN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Time Off
Retirement
Employee Discounts
Sign-On Bonus
Relocation Assistance
Quality Incentives