A hospital in Washington, DC. It ran an operating loss of 16.1% in FY25 on $274.9M of operating revenue. It held 31 days of cash on hand (54th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
-16.1%
vs Urban PPS hospitals13th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
31d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals54th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$274.9M
vs Urban PPS hospitals49th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-3.5%
vs Urban PPS hospitals19th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CORP is about $2.7M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where HOWARD UNIVERSITY 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.
One urban pps hospitalHOWARD UNIVERSITYUrban 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
138,553
127,676
273,803
Other operating revenue
143
1,962
1,147
Total operating revenue
138,696
129,638
274,949
Total operating expenses
156,407
161,475
319,248
Operating income
(17,711)
(31,837)
(44,299)
Operating margin %
-12.8%
-24.6%
-16.1%
Grants & contributions
14,079
14,161
28,041
Investment income
78
808
869
Other non-operating, net
2,460
883
4,610
Net income
(1,094)
(15,985)
(10,779)
Net income %
-0.7%
-11.0%
-3.5%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · 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 156-bed hospital at 55% occupancy 44% 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
55.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
86.13
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
156
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
6,337
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.9d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
43.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,600
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
21.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$4.3M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.593
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
0.98
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.624231
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
THE DISTRICT County, DC · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$106.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
14.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
3.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
12.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
13.5%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 13.5% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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