Astrelis
Critical Access Hospital · Ulysses, KS

BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

CCN 171388Grant CountyVoluntary non-profit - Church25 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Ulysses, KS. It ran an operating loss of 34.3% in FY25 on $11.7M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (12th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.

Operating margin · FY25
-34.3%
vs Critical Access Hospitals5th pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
vs Critical Access Hospitals12th pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$11.7M
vs Critical Access Hospitals10th pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-34.3%
vs Critical Access Hospitals0th pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL is about $117K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where BOB WILSON MEMORIAL sits among Critical Access Hospitals

Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 824 of 1,404 filed

Each point is one Critical Access 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 Critical Access Hospital median is -0.2%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%BOB WILSON -34.29541741161173%-20%0%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%BOB WILSON -34.29541741161173%
One critical access hospitalBOB WILSONCritical Access 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
-34.3% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-34.3% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
0d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
0.32× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
-171% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
88d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+31.0% (FY24)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+57.2% (FY24)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line itemFY25
Patient revenue11,488
Other operating revenue202
Total operating revenue11,690
Total operating expenses15,699
Operating income(4,009)
Operating margin %-34.3%
Other non-operating, net1
Net income(4,008)
Net income %-34.3%
1 of 3 years available for this statement.
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY25–FY25
FY25 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 25-bed hospital at 3% occupancy where swing beds are 69% of the inpatient business and 87% 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
3.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
0.81
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
25
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
84
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.5d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
1.79
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
69.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
87.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
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
14.5%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · single reporting year
Operating margin
-34.3%FY25
Days cash on hand
0 daysFY25

The county this hospital serves

Grant County, KS
Median household income
$72.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
5.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
16.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
13.2%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
19.2%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.2% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 21.9% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Grant County

economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$15.7M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$36.1M
× 2.30 output multiplier · estimate, upper bound for rural
Method: NCRHW 2016 study of critical access hospitals (IMPLAN Type II), employment × 1.34, earnings × 1.19; output × 2.30 (AHA national, upper bound for rural). Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.

CAH Performance Benchmark$2,500Founding Edition

Where this facility is underperforming its matched peer cohort and what that gap is worth, measure by measure. Founding Edition: delivered within 30 days of eligibility confirmation, full refund if the published scope cannot be delivered.

Commercial Pricing Study$10,000CAH only, subject to data validation

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