A hospital in Dekalb, IL. It ran an operating surplus of 30.3% in FY25 on $436.8M of operating revenue. It held 866 days of cash on hand (99th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 24.2% in FY21 to 30.3% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+30.3%
▲ 1.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals96th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
866d
all sources
▲ 474.3 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals99th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$436.8M
▲ 47.3 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals66th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+29.5%
▲ 0.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals94th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE KISHWAUKEE HOSPITAL is about $4.4M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE KISHWAUKEE 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 hospitalNORTHWESTERN MEDICINEUrban 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
355,295
388,557
425,919
Other operating revenue
3,239
907
10,867
Total operating revenue
358,534
389,465
436,786
Total operating expenses
264,828
276,407
304,332
Operating income
93,706
113,057
132,454
Operating margin %
+26.1%
+29.0%
+30.3%
Investment income
95
—
36
Other non-operating, net
5,683
2,775
(3,567)
Net income
99,484
115,832
128,923
Net income %
+27.3%
+29.5%
+29.8%
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 86-bed hospital at 80% occupancy 74% 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
80.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
69.30
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
86
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
6,645
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.8d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
74.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
928
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
23.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.17
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.2%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.798352
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
DEKALB County, IL
Median household income
$69.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
15.9%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
4.8%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
13.6%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.2% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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