CCN 190007NATCHITOCHES PARISHGovernment - Hospital District or Authority73 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in Natchitoches, LA. It ran an operating loss of 13.9% in FY25 on $105.4M of operating revenue. It held 71 days of cash on hand (65th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -15.7% in FY21 to -13.9% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 1.6%.
Operating margin · FY25
-13.9%
▲ 0.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals16th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
71d
all sources
▼ 1.9 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals65th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$105.4M
▲ 3.9 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals21st pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+1.6%
▼ 0.4 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals33rd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at NATCHITOCHES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER is about $1.1M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where NATCHITOCHES REGIONAL MEDICAL 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 hospitalNATCHITOCHES REGIONALUrban 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
82,413
101,532
105,399
Other operating revenue
4
0
9
Total operating revenue
82,417
101,532
105,408
Total operating expenses
100,417
115,774
120,034
Operating income
(18,001)
(14,242)
(14,626)
Operating margin %
-21.8%
-14.0%
-13.9%
Grants & contributions
7,554
9,598
8,912
Investment income
278
918
1,582
Other non-operating, net
4,583
6,061
6,064
Net income
(5,586)
2,335
1,932
Net income %
-5.9%
+2.0%
+1.6%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
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 73-bed hospital at 18% occupancy 78% 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
18.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
13.40
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
73
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,707
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.9d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
0.01
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
0.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
78.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
560.40
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
15.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.943
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.4%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.11
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.026251
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
NATCHITOCHES PARISH, LA
Median household income
$46.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
24.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
7.3%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
16.8%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
26.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 14.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 30.1% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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