Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY21, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Wheat Ridge, CO. It ran an operating loss of 18.2% in FY24 on $417.3M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (0th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -10.0% in FY20 to -18.2% in FY24. These figures come from filings spanning FY21–FY24: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Operating margin · FY24
-18.2%
vs Urban PPS hospitals10th pctl of 2,562 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
0d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals0th pctl of 2,354 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$417.3M
vs Urban PPS hospitals66th pctl of 2,608 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-27.8%
vs Urban PPS hospitals2nd pctl of 2,563 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER is about $4.2M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 2,562 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 +2.0%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One urban pps hospitalLUTHERAN 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
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
397,410
409,463
416,581
Other operating revenue
3,893
748
702
Total operating revenue
401,304
410,211
417,283
Total operating expenses
457,050
481,393
493,148
Operating income
(55,747)
(71,182)
(75,865)
Operating margin %
-13.9%
-17.4%
-18.2%
Grants & contributions
3
5
1
Investment income
(163)
(11,952)
(22,013)
Other non-operating, net
(10,223)
(20,093)
(17,772)
Net income
(66,130)
(103,222)
(115,649)
Net income %
-16.9%
-27.3%
-30.6%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY23, FY24 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 191-bed hospital at 60% occupancy 49% 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
60.2%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
115.30
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
191
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
11,678
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.6d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
49.1%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,348
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
20.6%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$34.6M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.156
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
13.4%
Better Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.99
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.994516
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
JEFFERSON County, CO · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$107.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
6.7%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
5.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
13.3%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 5.5% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 13.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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