CCN 010029LEE CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)261 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in Opelika, AL. It ran an operating surplus of 4.7% in FY25 on $538.1M of operating revenue. It held 172 days of cash on hand (81st percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+4.7%
vs Urban PPS hospitals60th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
172d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals81st pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$538.1M
vs Urban PPS hospitals72nd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+8.3%
vs Urban PPS hospitals58th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY is about $5.4M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where THE EAST ALABAMA sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 1,475 of 2,681 filed
Each point is one Urban PPS hospital in the national distribution for this provider type, placed by operating margin. Facilities are not matched on size, case mix, or market — that is the matched-peer comparison in the paid benchmark. The Urban PPS hospital median is +1.3%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One urban pps hospitalTHE EASTUrban PPS hospital median
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated
Ratios tell you how this hospital is doing. Statements tell you what kind of organization it is, and where the money comes from. Every figure below traces to a public cost-report filing, shown as filed. A ratio renders only when every input is reported in the filing; a year missing its core lines is not shown; a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled. Not audited by Astrelis.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
419,127
472,579
527,344
Other operating revenue
9,196
10,152
10,730
Total operating revenue
428,323
482,731
538,074
Total operating expenses
437,725
457,286
513,003
Operating income
(9,402)
25,444
25,071
Operating margin %
-2.2%
+5.3%
+4.7%
Investment income
10,832
9,039
8,705
Other non-operating, net
49,405
17,089
12,787
Net income
50,835
51,572
46,563
Net income %
+10.4%
+10.1%
+8.3%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · where other operating income is not reported, total operating revenue reflects net patient revenue alone · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 261-bed hospital at 79% occupancy 61% of patient revenue is outpatient.
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by evidence class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
78.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
206.54
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
261
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
14,585
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
5.2d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
60.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
2,567
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$13.8M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.734
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.4%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.96
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.993123
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
LEE County, AL · metro, under 250K
Median household income
$61.1K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
18.9%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
12.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
19.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 5.6% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.0% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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