A hospital in Chicago, IL. It ran an operating loss of 4.0% in FY25 on $1323.5M of operating revenue. It held 616 days of cash on hand (89th percentile among Children's hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -15.7% in FY21 to -4.0% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 21.6%.
Operating margin · FY25
-4.0%
▲ 12.1 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals32nd pctl of 38 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
616d
all sources
▲ 68.8 days vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals89th pctl of 37 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$1.32B
▲ 113.0 $M vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals68th pctl of 41 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+21.6%
▲ 5.7 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals76th pctl of 38 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO is about $13.2M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where ANN & ROBERT 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 hospitalANN &Children'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
1,168,670
1,204,896
1,318,543
Other operating revenue
—
5,533
4,921
Total operating revenue
1,168,670
1,210,429
1,323,464
Total operating expenses
1,318,453
1,405,831
1,376,950
Operating income
(149,783)
(195,401)
(53,486)
Operating margin %
-12.8%
-16.1%
-4.0%
Grants & contributions
123,553
151,381
160,228
Investment income
96,481
159,738
111,441
Other non-operating, net
122,998
148,808
160,421
Net income
193,249
264,526
378,604
Net income %
+12.8%
+15.8%
+21.6%
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 162-bed hospital at 79% 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
78.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
128.23
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
162
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
12,401
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.8d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
44.5%
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
COOK County, IL
Median household income
$81.8K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
13.3%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
9.0%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
15.5%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
18.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 16.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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