Astrelis
Urban PPS hospital · Lake Charles, LA

CHRISTUS OCHSNER LAKE AREA HOSPITAL

CCN 190201Calcasieu CountyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateUrban (USDA RUCC)77 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Lake Charles, LA. It ran an operating loss of 2.4% in FY25 on $95.0M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (22nd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -0.3% in FY21 to -2.4% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
-2.4%
9.0 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals38th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
0.1 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals22nd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$95.0M
8.4 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals19th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-1.0%
9.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals24th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at CHRISTUS OCHSNER LAKE AREA HOSPITAL is about $950K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where CHRISTUS OCHSNER LAKE 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%CHRISTUS OCHSNER -2.438706174730804%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%CHRISTUS OCHSNER -2.438706174730804%
One urban pps hospitalCHRISTUS OCHSNERUrban 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.

Operating margin
-2.4% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-1.0% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
0d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue81,55886,34694,828
Other operating revenue10265215
Total operating revenue81,56786,61095,042
Total operating expenses79,77580,93497,360
Operating income1,7935,676(2,318)
Operating margin %+2.2%+6.6%-2.4%
Other non-operating, net9891,6351,307
Net income2,7827,311(1,011)
Net income %+3.4%+8.3%-1.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24, 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 77-bed hospital at 14% 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
14.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
11.08
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
77
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
2,066
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
79.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
262.40
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
27.6%
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
14.6%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.96
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.962585
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-0.3%-1.0%+2.2%+6.6%-2.4%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
0 days0 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

Calcasieu County, LA
Median household income
$67.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
17.8%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
7.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
15.6%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
22.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 11.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 23.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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