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Urban PPS hospital · Topeka, KS

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM - ST FRANCIS CAMPUS

CCN 170016SHAWNEE CountyVoluntary non-profit - ChurchUrban (USDA RUCC)158 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Topeka, KS. It ran an operating loss of 9.1% in FY25 on $333.0M of operating revenue. It held 9 days of cash on hand (42nd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -54.4% in FY21 to -9.1% in FY25, though it fell 1.5 points in the most recent year.

Operating margin · FY25
-9.1%
1.5 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals23rd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
9d
all sources
1.6 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals42nd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$333.0M
28.8 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals56th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-5.3%
0.6 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals15th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM - ST FRANCIS CAMPUS is about $3.3M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%UNIVERSITY OF -9.14945625167205%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%UNIVERSITY OF -9.14945625167205%
One urban pps hospitalUNIVERSITY OFUrban 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.

Operating margin
-9.1% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-5.3% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
9d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
1.93× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
46% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
46d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue276,565290,406315,306
Other operating revenue12,12913,82617,743
Total operating revenue288,694304,232333,049
Total operating expenses314,480327,455363,522
Operating income(25,786)(23,223)(30,472)
Operating margin %-8.9%-7.6%-9.1%
Other non-operating, net12,6325,02212,104
Net income(13,154)(18,201)(18,368)
Net income %-4.4%-5.9%-5.3%
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 158-bed hospital at 43% occupancy 66% 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
43.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
68.62
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
158
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
8,148
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.1d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
66.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,059
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
19.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.314
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.9%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.98
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.897805
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-54.4%-5.5%-8.9%-7.6%-9.1%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
0 days13 days11 days11 days9 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

SHAWNEE County, KS
Median household income
$66.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
12.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.3%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
19.0%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
19.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 23.5% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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