A hospital in Thomaston, GA. It ran an operating loss of 1.1% in FY24 on $124.2M of operating revenue. It held 570 days of cash on hand (99th percentile among Rural PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -12.9% in FY20 to -1.1% in FY24, though it fell 1.9 points in the most recent year. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 15.8%.
Operating margin · FY24
-1.1%
▼ 1.9 pts vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals49th pctl of 387 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
570d
all sources
▲ 52.8 days vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals99th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$124.2M
▲ 3.9 $M vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals61st pctl of 393 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+15.8%
▼ 3.3 pts vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals85th pctl of 387 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at UPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER is about $1.2M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where UPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL sits among Rural PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 387 of 418 filed
Each point is one Rural 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 Rural PPS hospital median is -0.9%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One rural pps hospitalUPSON REGIONALRural 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
112,734
118,694
122,461
Other operating revenue
1,590
1,578
1,760
Total operating revenue
114,324
120,272
124,221
Total operating expenses
117,338
119,230
125,546
Operating income
(3,014)
1,042
(1,324)
Operating margin %
-2.6%
+0.9%
-1.1%
Grants & contributions
39
2,053
834
Investment income
(42,736)
24,668
23,767
Other non-operating, net
5,362
364
207
Net income
(40,349)
28,127
23,484
Net income %
-52.4%
+19.1%
+15.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 53-bed hospital at 58% occupancy 73% 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
57.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
30.70
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
53
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
3,276
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.4d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
72.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
665
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
19.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$8.7M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.488
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
16.4%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.02
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.043682
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
UPSON County, GA · nonmetro, urban 5–20K, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$50.9K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
21.3%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
11.5%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
18.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 12.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 31.9% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Method: NCRHW 2016 study of critical access hospitals (IMPLAN Type II), employment × 1.34, earnings × 1.19; output × 2.30 (AHA national, upper bound for rural). This hospital is not a critical access hospital. No published multiplier specific to its type was used, so the CAH ratios are applied unchanged and every multiplied figure here should be read as an upper-bound estimate, not a measurement of this facility. Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.
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