A hospital in Jonesboro, AR. It ran an operating loss of 16.0% in FY25 on $542.5M of operating revenue. It held 64 days of cash on hand (63rd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -3.1% in FY20 to -16.0% in FY25, though it rose 4.4 points in the most recent year. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 8.0%.
Operating margin · FY25
-16.0%
▲ 4.4 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals13th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
64d
all sources
▲ 11.6 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals63rd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$542.5M
▲ 39.2 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals72nd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+8.0%
▲ 2.1 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals57th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ST BERNARDS MEDICAL CENTER is about $5.4M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where ST BERNARDS MEDICAL 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 hospitalST BERNARDSUrban 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
458,764
497,073
534,920
Other operating revenue
6,177
6,223
7,568
Total operating revenue
464,941
503,296
542,488
Total operating expenses
538,663
605,739
629,133
Operating income
(73,722)
(102,443)
(86,645)
Operating margin %
-15.9%
-20.4%
-16.0%
Investment income
2,764
3,355
3,417
Other non-operating, net
94,228
136,731
137,641
Net income
23,270
37,643
54,413
Net income %
+4.1%
+5.9%
+8.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 295-bed hospital at 78% occupancy 55% 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
77.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
229.65
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
295
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
21,690
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.9d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
55.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
2,994
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
17.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$23.3M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.912
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.4%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.06
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
3.163279
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
CRAIGHEAD County, AR · metro, under 250K
Median household income
$57.6K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
19.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
13.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.5%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 12.3% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 25.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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