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Urban PPS hospital · Denver, CO

HCA HEALTHONE PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKES

CCN 060014Denver CountyGovernment - StateUrban (USDA RUCC)180 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Denver, CO. It ran an operating surplus of 25.6% in FY25 on $733.1M of operating revenue. It held 1 day of cash on hand (25th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 31.0% in FY21 to 25.6% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
+25.6%
1.9 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals94th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
1d
all sources
0.7 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals25th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$733.1M
98.2 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals81st pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+25.6%
2.1 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals93rd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at HCA HEALTHONE PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKES is about $7.3M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where HCA HEALTHONE PRESBYTERIAN 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%HCA HEALTHONE +25.580934741749267%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%HCA HEALTHONE +25.580934741749267%
One urban pps hospitalHCA HEALTHONEUrban 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
+25.6% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+25.6% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
1d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue646,019634,873730,774
Other operating revenue212,333
Total operating revenue646,021634,874733,107
Total operating expenses467,442460,544545,572
Operating income178,579174,330187,536
Operating margin %+27.6%+27.5%+25.6%
Other non-operating, net3,1292,1540
Net income181,708176,484187,536
Net income %+28.0%+27.7%+25.6%
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 180-bed hospital at 65% occupancy 40% 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
64.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
116.43
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
180
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
12,021
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.5d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
39.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,278
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
17.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.185
Better than the 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
1.01
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.12051
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
+31.0%+28.8%+27.6%+27.5%+25.6%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
0 days0 days0 days1 day1 dayFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

Denver County, CO
Median household income
$91.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
11.2%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.8%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
12.3%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
14.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 3.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 8.5% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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