A hospital in Blairsville, GA. It ran an operating loss of 0.4% in FY25 on $119.4M of operating revenue. It held 1 day of cash on hand (30th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 8.8% in FY21 to -0.4% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 11.0%.
Operating margin · FY25
-0.4%
▼ 7.9 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals44th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
1d
all sources
▼ 3.7 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals30th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$119.4M
▼ 4.3 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals24th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+11.0%
▼ 4.7 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals67th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at UNION GENERAL HOSPITAL is about $1.2M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where UNION GENERAL 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 hospitalUNION GENERALUrban 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
108,553
119,672
119,390
Other operating revenue
10,139
3,988
—
Total operating revenue
118,692
123,659
119,390
Total operating expenses
105,968
114,344
119,826
Operating income
12,723
9,316
(436)
Operating margin %
+10.7%
+7.5%
-0.4%
Grants & contributions
427
331
457
Investment income
4,970
6,552
5,135
Other non-operating, net
9,007
5,086
9,605
Net income
27,127
21,285
14,761
Net income %
+20.4%
+15.7%
+11.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · where other operating income is not reported, total operating revenue reflects net patient revenue alone · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 34-bed hospital at 59% occupancy 78% 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
58.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
20.03
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
34
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
2,732
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.7d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
77.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
701.60
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
14.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.372
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.7%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.06
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.915649
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
UNION County, GA
Median household income
$65.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
10.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
12.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
33.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
21.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 13.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 36.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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