Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY22, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Paducah, KY. It ran an operating surplus of 7.0% in FY25 on $492.1M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (0th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 4.9% in FY21 to 7.0% in FY25. These figures come from filings spanning FY22–FY25: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Operating margin · FY25
+7.0%
▲ 2.1 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals66th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
▬ 0.0 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals0th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$492.1M
▲ 51.9 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals69th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+10.2%
▼ 0.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals64th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at BAPTIST HEALTH PADUCAH is about $4.9M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where BAPTIST HEALTH PADUCAH 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 hospitalBAPTIST HEALTHUrban 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
391,664
437,399
489,523
Other operating revenue
3,428
2,800
2,575
Total operating revenue
395,092
440,200
492,098
Total operating expenses
393,539
418,992
457,878
Operating income
1,553
21,208
34,220
Operating margin %
+0.4%
+4.8%
+7.0%
Grants & contributions
18
20
25
Other non-operating, net
25,361
27,297
17,578
Net income
26,932
48,525
51,823
Net income %
+6.4%
+10.4%
+10.2%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24, 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 144-bed hospital at 65% occupancy 71% 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
64.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
93.46
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
144
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
9,044
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.8d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
71.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,207
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
21.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.121
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.8%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.02
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.364938
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
McCracken County, KY
Median household income
$62.4K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
15.3%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
5.6%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
20.1%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
Not available
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 11.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 24.0% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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