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Rural PPS hospital · Opelousas, LA

OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM

CCN 190017ST. LANDRY PARISHGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityRural (USDA RUCC)119 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis

Operating margin: -11.2% in FY2025, the 24th percentile of 375 rural pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Days cash on hand: 35 days in FY2025, the 56th percentile of 371 rural pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Total operating revenue: $178.1M in FY2025, the 74th percentile of 380 rural pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): -3.1% in FY2025, the 26th percentile of 375 rural pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.

The read

A hospital in Opelousas, LA. It ran an operating loss of 11.2% in FY25 on $178.1M of operating revenue. It held 35 days of cash on hand (56th percentile of 371 Rural PPS hospitals on liquidity, FY25 pool). Operating margin improved from -25.7% in FY21 to -11.2% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
-11.2%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ 7.1 pts vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals24th pctl of 375 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Days cash on hand · FY25
35d
all sources
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▼ 33 days vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals56th pctl of 371 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total operating revenue · FY25
$178.1M
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ $20.3M vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals74th pctl of 380 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-3.1%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ 1.3 pts vs FY24
vs Rural PPS hospitals26th pctl of 375 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
One point of operating margin at OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM is about $1.8M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH sits among Rural PPS hospitals

Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 375 of 411 filed

Each point is one Rural PPS hospital in the national FY25 distribution for Rural PPS 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 Rural PPS hospital FY25 median is -1.1%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -1.1%OPELOUSAS GENERAL -11.2%
One rural pps hospitalOPELOUSAS GENERALRural 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 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.

Operating margin
-11.2% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-3.1% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
35d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
1.55× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
55% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
61d (FY25)
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 itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue168,502157,764178,076
Other operating revenue——(9)
Total operating revenue168,502157,764178,067
Total operating expenses189,935186,586197,955
Operating income(21,433)(28,823)(19,888)
Operating margin %-12.7%-18.3%-11.2%
Investment income178713717
Other non-operating, net15,97120,15713,169
Net income(5,283)(7,953)(6,001)
Net income %-2.9%-4.5%-3.1%
— = Not reported in source for that year.
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–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 119-bed hospital running at 27% occupancy, where 76% of patient revenue is outpatient.

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
27.0%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
32.17
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
119
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
7,452
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2 days
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Cost per patient day
$16,857
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ total patient days (HCRIS WS G-3 / S-3)
Cost per discharge (unadjusted)
$26,564
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ discharges, NOT case-mix adjusted (adjusted discharges are not on the public filing set)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
76.0%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
894.20
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
14.0%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.162
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.3%
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)
0.96009
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-25.7%-18.1%-12.7%-18.3%-11.2%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
98 days65 days47 days69 days35 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

ST. LANDRY PARISH, LA
Median household income
$45.6K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
24.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
7.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
16.6%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
30.5%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 19.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 36.9% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

Illustrative advocacy scenario: what this hospital means to St. Landry Parish County

Illustrative estimate · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$198.0M
total operating expense · Reported value, not a local-capture estimate
Labor income
$83.0M
$69.8M direct compensation × 1.19 · NCRHW 2016 CAH study · Illustrative estimate
Economic activity
$455.3M
direct spending × 2.30 · AHA national hospital economic activity report — a national hospital ratio, not a CAH or county figure · Illustrative estimate
Share of county employment
3.8%
of all county jobs · Reported value
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

-11.2% operating margin — 24th percentile of 375 peers (FY25 pool).

The Board Briefing

Operating margin improved 7.1 points vs FY24 — the briefing traces why, line by line.

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Performance Benchmark Report

10.1 points below the cohort median — at current revenue, approximately $18.0M less operating income than the median rate.

(-11.2% facility vs -1.1% peer median) = 10.1 points below the median × $178.1M revenue ≈ $18.0M less operating income than the median rate · method
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How we calculated this

Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 375.

Performance Benchmark Report: FY25 peer pool · n = 375 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.

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Astrelis Atlas, "Opelousas General Health System", https://astrelis.co/hospitals/190017, release 2321a4fc37a7 (2026-10-22). Figures as filed in the named public sources; not audited by Astrelis.

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