A hospital in Valdez, AK. It ran an operating surplus of 15.0% in FY24 on $23.2M of operating revenue. It held 302 days of cash on hand (85th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 2.3% in FY20 to 15.0% in FY24.
Operating margin · FY24
+15.0%
▲ 9.2 pts vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals90th pctl of 1,340 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
302d
all sources
▼ 35.1 days vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals85th pctl of 1,325 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$23.2M
▲ 2.2 $M vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals37th pctl of 1,356 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+15.8%
▲ 9.3 pts vs FY23
vs Critical Access Hospitals85th pctl of 1,340 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=1,340); the Critical Access Hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at PROVIDENCE VALDEZ MEDICAL CENTER is about $232K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where PROVIDENCE VALDEZ MEDICAL sits among Critical Access Hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 1,340 of 1,404 filed
Each point is one Critical Access 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 Critical Access Hospital median is -1.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=1,340); the Critical Access Hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One critical access hospitalPROVIDENCE VALDEZCritical Access 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
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+15.0% (FY24)
34th percentile of 171 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+60.4% (FY24)
75th percentile of 171 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line item
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
20,045
20,895
22,973
Other operating revenue
332
140
259
Total operating revenue
20,377
21,035
23,232
Total operating expenses
18,369
19,804
19,738
Operating income
2,008
1,232
3,494
Operating margin %
+9.9%
+5.9%
+15.0%
Grants & contributions
19
5
(6)
Investment income
60
164
160
Other non-operating, net
145
(14)
58
Net income
2,232
1,387
3,706
Net income %
+10.8%
+6.5%
+15.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 11-bed hospital at 6% occupancy where swing beds are 63% of the inpatient business and 64% 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
6.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
0.70
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
11
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
112
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.3d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
1.19
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
63.0%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
64.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$2.6M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results are based on a shorter time period than required.; Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
The number of cases/patients is too few to report.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
Location, AK
Located in Valdez, AK. County demographic and economic context (Census, CDC, HRSA sources) extends to this hospital cohort in an upcoming release.
What this hospital means to its county
economic contribution · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$19.7M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$45.4M
× 2.30 output multiplier · estimate, upper bound for rural
Method: NCRHW 2016 study of critical access hospitals (IMPLAN Type II), employment × 1.34, earnings × 1.19; output × 2.30 (AHA national, upper bound for rural). Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.
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