Astrelis
Urban PPS hospital · Long Beach, CA

ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER

CCN 050191LOS ANGELES CountyVoluntary non-profit - ChurchUrban (USDA RUCC)208 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY21, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Days cash on hand is FY21, the most recent year that passed the display gate. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read

A hospital in Long Beach, CA. It ran an operating loss of 18.5% in FY25 on $394.0M of operating revenue. It held 6 days of cash on hand in FY21, its most recent reported liquidity (38th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -13.7% in FY21 to -18.5% in FY25. These figures come from filings spanning FY21–FY25: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.

Operating margin · FY25
-18.5%
8.7 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals11th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY21
6d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals38th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$394.0M
39.1 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals62nd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-4.5%
1.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals17th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER is about $3.9M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where ST MARY 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%ST MARY -18.46067234061779%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%ST MARY -18.46067234061779%
One urban pps hospitalST MARYUrban 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
-18.5% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-4.5% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
6d (FY21)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
1.35× (FY21)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
-0% (FY21)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
44d (FY21)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue387,502433,116393,976
Total operating revenue387,502433,116393,976
Total operating expenses436,832475,243466,707
Operating income(49,331)(42,127)(72,731)
Operating margin %-12.7%-9.7%-18.5%
Grants & contributions(396)2667
Investment income818840
Other non-operating, net35,10826,96252,510
Net income(14,538)(15,051)(20,114)
Net income %-3.4%-3.3%-4.5%
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
FY21, 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 208-bed hospital at 72% occupancy 29% 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
72.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
141.79
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
208
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
10,270
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
5.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
29.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,304
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
21.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.245
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.1
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.998577
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-13.7%-18.0%-12.7%-9.7%-18.5%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
6 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FY25 days cash suppressed: out of display range.

The county this hospital serves

LOS ANGELES County, CA
Median household income
$87.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
13.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
14.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.3% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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