A hospital in Redding, CA. It ran an operating surplus of 4.5% in FY25 on $622.7M of operating revenue. It held 900 days of cash on hand (99th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 3.1% in FY21 to 4.5% in FY25, though it fell 5.8 points in the most recent year.
Operating margin · FY25
+4.5%
▼ 5.8 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals59th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
900d
all sources
▲ 95.2 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals99th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$622.7M
▼ 51.0 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals76th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+23.5%
▼ 0.1 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals91st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING is about $6.2M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where MERCY 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.
One urban pps hospitalMERCY 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.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
588,462
674,195
622,694
Other operating revenue
(168)
(482)
(18)
Total operating revenue
588,294
673,713
622,676
Total operating expenses
568,350
604,096
594,659
Operating income
19,944
69,617
28,018
Operating margin %
+3.4%
+10.3%
+4.5%
Grants & contributions
314
320
401
Investment income
35,954
108,911
112,427
Other non-operating, net
21,789
8,215
42,084
Net income
78,001
187,063
182,930
Net income %
+12.1%
+23.6%
+23.5%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 201-bed hospital at 75% occupancy 43% 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
74.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
150.35
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
201
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
13,218
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.1d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
43.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,592
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
23.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.361
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
13.5%
Better Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.03
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.22863
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 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
SHASTA County, CA
Median household income
$71.9K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
13.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
21.2%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
21.9%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 15.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 32.3% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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