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Urban PPS hospital · Benton, AR

SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

CCN 040084SALINE CountyProprietaryUrban (USDA RUCC)115 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Benton, AR. It ran an operating loss of 32.7% in FY25 on $103.4M of operating revenue. It held 7 days of cash on hand (40th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -8.7% in FY21 to -32.7% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
-32.7%
25.9 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals5th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
7d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals40th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$103.4M
8.7 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals21st pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-32.1%
26.7 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals2nd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL is about $1.0M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 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%SALINE MEMORIAL -32.73963871514361%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%SALINE MEMORIAL -32.73963871514361%
One urban pps hospitalSALINE MEMORIALUrban 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
-32.7% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-32.1% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
7d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
0.35× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
-167% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not reported in this filing
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue91,38792,874101,178
Other operating revenue9981,8642,214
Total operating revenue92,38694,738103,392
Total operating expenses98,670101,235137,242
Operating income(6,284)(6,496)(33,850)
Operating margin %-6.8%-6.9%-32.7%
Other non-operating, net1,9731,298470
Net income(4,311)(5,198)(33,380)
Net income %-4.6%-5.4%-32.1%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–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
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 115-bed hospital at 25% occupancy 57% 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
25.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
29.13
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
115
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
3,694
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.9d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
57.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
515.80
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
15.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.269
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.9%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.01
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.863773
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-8.7%-13.2%-6.8%-6.9%-32.7%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
7 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

SALINE County, AR
Median household income
$76.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
9.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
18.2%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
20.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.6% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 23.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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