Astrelis
Urban PPS hospital · Montgomery, AL

BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER EAST

CCN 010149MONTGOMERY CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)164 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Montgomery, AL. It ran an operating surplus of 3.8% in FY25 on $237.4M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (14th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 9.7% in FY21 to 3.8% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
+3.8%
0.4 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals58th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
0.4 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals14th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$237.4M
24.7 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals45th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+4.8%
0.5 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals44th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER EAST is about $2.4M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%BAPTIST MEDICAL +3.7879343220249724%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%BAPTIST MEDICAL +3.7879343220249724%
One urban pps hospitalBAPTIST MEDICALUrban 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.

Operating margin
+3.8% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+4.8% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
0d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue169,540187,500212,477
Other operating revenue22,31125,16824,887
Total operating revenue191,850212,668237,364
Total operating expenses186,337205,377228,373
Operating income5,5137,2918,991
Operating margin %+2.9%+3.4%+3.8%
Investment income020
Other non-operating, net3,6331,7962,453
Net income9,1469,08911,444
Net income %+4.7%+4.2%+4.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY22, FY23, FY24, FY25 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 164-bed hospital at 61% occupancy 50% 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
60.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
100.16
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
164
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
11,106
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.3d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
50.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
993.40
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
14.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.33
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.8%
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)
1.178824
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
+9.7%-2.0%+2.9%+3.4%+3.8%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
0 days0 days0 days0 days0 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

MONTGOMERY County, AL
Median household income
$58.2K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
19.3%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
10.6%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
15.8%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 8.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 25.3% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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