A hospital in Galena, KS. It ran an operating surplus of 8.3% in FY25 on $47.2M of operating revenue. It held 10 days of cash on hand (42nd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+8.3%
vs Urban PPS hospitals70th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
10d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals42nd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$47.2M
vs Urban PPS hospitals9th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+8.9%
vs Urban PPS hospitals61st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at MERCY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL SOUTHEAST KANSAS is about $472K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where MERCY SPECIALTY 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 hospitalMERCY SPECIALTYUrban 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
39,249
39,457
47,194
Other operating revenue
—
—
18
Total operating revenue
39,249
39,457
47,212
Total operating expenses
39,431
38,787
43,306
Operating income
(181)
670
3,906
Operating margin %
-0.5%
+1.7%
+8.3%
Other non-operating, net
671
261
334
Net income
490
931
4,240
Net income %
+1.2%
+2.3%
+8.9%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–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 26-bed hospital at 7% occupancy 85% 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
7.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
1.93
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
26
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
329
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.1d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
85.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
126.50
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
23.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$1.0M
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.3%
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)
0.902183
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
CHEROKEE County, KS
Median household income
$58.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
13.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
10.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
19.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
22.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 11.2% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 24.5% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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