CCN 190079St. Charles CountyGovernment - Hospital District or Authority19 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in Luling, LA. It ran an operating surplus of 13.7% in FY25 on $89.6M of operating revenue. It held 311 days of cash on hand (92nd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -5.7% in FY21 to 13.7% in FY25, though it fell 3.2 points in the most recent year.
Operating margin · FY25
+13.7%
▼ 3.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals80th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
311d
all sources
▲ 67.5 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals92nd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$89.6M
▲ 0.2 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals18th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+13.7%
▼ 3.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals74th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ST CHARLES PARISH HOSPITAL is about $896K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where ST CHARLES PARISH 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 hospitalST CHARLESUrban 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
64,031
67,914
73,719
Other operating revenue
18,739
21,489
15,900
Total operating revenue
82,770
89,403
89,619
Total operating expenses
67,274
74,319
77,355
Operating income
15,496
15,084
12,264
Operating margin %
+18.7%
+16.9%
+13.7%
Other non-operating, net
0
0
0
Net income
15,496
15,084
12,264
Net income %
+18.7%
+16.9%
+13.7%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 19-bed hospital at 39% occupancy 83% 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
39.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
7.48
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
19
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
996
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.7d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
82.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
416.50
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
22.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.2%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.82
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.988724
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
St. Charles County, LA
Median household income
$82.2K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
9.8%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.6%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
14.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
20.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 20.1% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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