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Urban PPS hospital · Kansas City, KS

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL

CCN 170040WYANDOTTE CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)798 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Kansas City, KS. It ran an operating loss of 37.1% in FY25 on $3228.5M of operating revenue. It held 126 days of cash on hand (74th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -24.6% in FY21 to -37.1% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 6.0%.

Operating margin · FY25
-37.1%
0.9 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals4th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
126d
all sources
1.2 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals74th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$3.23B
337.4 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals98th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+6.0%
1.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals49th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL is about $32.3M 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 -37.12110230281188%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%UNIVERSITY OF -37.12110230281188%
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
-37.1% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+6.0% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
126d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
1.46× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
52% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
48d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue2,584,9262,889,7083,227,321
Other operating revenue1,6101,3211,149
Total operating revenue2,586,5362,891,0293,228,470
Total operating expenses3,578,2593,937,7184,426,914
Operating income(991,723)(1,046,689)(1,198,444)
Operating margin %-38.3%-36.2%-37.1%
Grants & contributions5,80410,8085,050
Investment income27,22680,86594,981
Other non-operating, net1,048,0101,153,5021,382,224
Net income89,317198,486283,811
Net income %+2.4%+4.8%+6.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY23, FY24 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 798-bed hospital at 76% occupancy 63% 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
75.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
604.98
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
798
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
48,165
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.6d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
63.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
13,195
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
17.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.363
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.1%
Better Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.99
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.969633
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-24.6%-36.5%-38.3%-36.2%-37.1%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
180 days149 days127 days125 days126 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

WYANDOTTE County, KS
Median household income
$60.6K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
17.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
17.8%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
13.0%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
25.1%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 12.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 26.7% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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