A hospital in Washington, DC. It ran an operating surplus of 2.3% in FY25 on $1776.3M of operating revenue. Operating margin improved from -1.0% in FY21 to 2.3% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+2.3%
▲ 1.7 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals39th pctl of 38 (FY25)
Days cash on hand
Not available
all sources
vs Children's hospitals—
Total operating revenue · FY25
$1.78B
▲ 178.2 $M vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals78th pctl of 41 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+5.6%
▲ 0.5 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals29th pctl of 38 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL is about $17.8M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HOSPITAL sits among Children's hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 38 of 73 filed
Each point is one Children's 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 Children's hospital median is +3.6%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One children's hospitalCHILDREN'S NATIONALChildren's 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
1,362,377
1,435,069
1,610,531
Other operating revenue
138,258
162,975
165,751
Total operating revenue
1,500,635
1,598,043
1,776,282
Total operating expenses
1,474,647
1,588,258
1,735,720
Operating income
25,988
9,785
40,562
Operating margin %
+1.7%
+0.6%
+2.3%
Grants & contributions
721
370
644
Other non-operating, net
35,052
74,511
60,845
Net income
61,761
84,666
102,051
Net income %
+4.0%
+5.1%
+5.6%
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 184-bed hospital at 87% 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
86.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
160.22
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
184
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
13,243
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.4d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
49.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
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
DC County, DC
Median household income
$106.3K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
14.5%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
3.4%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
12.7%
vs 16.8% US
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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