Operating margin: +34.2% in FY2025, the 94th percentile of 443 psychiatric hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Days cash on hand: 29 days in FY2025, the 78th percentile of 413 psychiatric hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Total operating revenue: $80.5M in FY2025, the 91st percentile of 503 psychiatric hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): +34.4% in FY2025, the 94th percentile of 443 psychiatric hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.
The read
A hospital in Erlanger, KY. It ran an operating surplus of 34.2% in FY25 on $80.5M of operating revenue. It held 29 days of cash on hand (78th percentile of 413 Psychiatric hospitals on liquidity, FY25 pool). 6 reporting years are on file, but revenue scale shifts too much between them for a comparable trend, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+34.2%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Psychiatric hospitals94th pctl of 443 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Days cash on hand · FY25
29d
all sources
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Psychiatric hospitals78th pctl of 413 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total operating revenue · FY25
$80.5M
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Psychiatric hospitals91st pctl of 503 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+34.4%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
vs Psychiatric hospitals94th pctl of 443 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
One point of operating margin at SUN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH is about $805K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where SUN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH sits among Psychiatric hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 443 of 608 filed
Each point is one Psychiatric hospital in the national FY25 distribution for Psychiatric hospitals, this hospital's comparison cohort, 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 Psychiatric hospital FY25 median is +5.2%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One psychiatric hospitalSUN BEHAVIORALPsychiatric 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 computes only when every input is reported in the filing (otherwise its cell states which input is Not reported in source); a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled, and its derived ratios read Astrelis calculation unavailable. Not audited by Astrelis.
Net patient receivables × days in the report's own period ÷ net patient revenue, same fiscal year
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
68,842
76,763
80,472
Total operating revenue
68,842
76,763
80,472
Total operating expenses
49,503
52,866
52,923
Operating income
19,339
23,896
27,549
Operating margin %
+28.1%
+31.1%
+34.2%
Investment income
145
255
153
Other non-operating, net
40
44
50
Net income
19,524
24,195
27,752
Net income %
+28.3%
+31.4%
+34.4%
— = Not reported in source for that year.
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 197-bed psychiatric hospital running at 54% occupancy, where the average stay runs 5.6 days, and operating cost runs $1,358 per patient day.
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by provenance class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim. Provenance labels: Reported value is copied from the named public source; Astrelis calculation is a formula applied to unchanged reported inputs, with the formula shown; Illustrative estimate is a benchmark gap, multiplier, or scenario — never a measurement.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
54.2%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
106.75
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
197
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
7,002
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
6 days
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Cost per patient day
$1,358
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ total patient days (HCRIS WS G-3 / S-3)
Cost per discharge (unadjusted)
$7,558
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ discharges, NOT case-mix adjusted (adjusted discharges are not on the public filing set)
How the care measures up
No public quality measures are reported for this facility in the current Care Compare refresh.
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
KENTON County, KY · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$79.4K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
11.9%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
4.5%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
15.4%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
Not available
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 15.6% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
Illustrative advocacy scenario: what this hospital means to Kenton County
Illustrative estimate · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$52.9M
total operating expense · Reported value, not a local-capture estimate
Economic activity
$121.6M
direct spending × 2.30 · AHA national hospital economic activity report — a national hospital ratio, not a CAH or county figure · Illustrative estimate
Employment and labor income multipliers are from the National Center for Rural Health Works 2016 study of Critical Access Hospital economic impact (IMPLAN Type II, U.S. rural county populations); the economic-activity ratio is from the AHA national hospital economic activity report and describes U.S. hospitals as a whole; it is not a CAH-specific or county-specific figure. Applying any of these to an individual facility is an illustrative advocacy scenario, not a measurement: local capture depends on payroll residency, purchasing patterns, and county economic structure the sources do not observe. This facility is not a critical access hospital, so the NCRHW-derived lines borrow from a different hospital type; the label says so here rather than in the number. Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report. Want a defensible facility-specific figure? Request a Facility Economic Impact Study →
Operating margin vs its peer poolFY25Astrelis calculation
Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 443.
Performance Benchmark Report: FY25 peer pool · n = 443 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.
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