A hospital in Lafayette, LA. It ran an operating loss of 4.0% in FY25 on $215.0M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (18th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -8.3% in FY21 to -4.0% in FY25, though it fell 4.7 points in the most recent year.
Operating margin · FY25
-4.0%
vs Urban PPS hospitals34th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals18th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$215.0M
vs Urban PPS hospitals42nd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-4.0%
vs Urban PPS hospitals18th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at OCHSNER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND CLINICS is about $2.1M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where OCHSNER UNIVERSITY 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 hospitalOCHSNER UNIVERSITYUrban 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
158,927
165,943
156,962
Other operating revenue
49,866
52,530
58,023
Total operating revenue
208,792
218,473
214,985
Total operating expenses
211,971
216,924
223,495
Operating income
(3,178)
1,549
(8,510)
Operating margin %
-1.5%
+0.7%
-4.0%
Other non-operating, net
0
0
0
Net income
(3,178)
1,549
(8,510)
Net income %
-1.5%
+0.7%
-4.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21 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 42-bed hospital at 71% occupancy 80% 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
70.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
29.92
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
42
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
2,570
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.2d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
80.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
803.40
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
20.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
16.1%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.03
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.070041
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
LAFAYETTE PARISH, LA
Median household income
$67.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
17.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
14.3%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
20.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 8.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 18.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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