Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY21, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Days cash on hand is FY21, the most recent year that passed the display gate. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in New Orleans, LA. It ran an operating loss of 0.4% in FY24 on $30.0M of operating revenue. It held 22 days of cash on hand in FY21, its most recent reported liquidity (50th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 22.4% in FY20 to -0.4% in FY24. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 1.0%. These figures come from filings spanning FY21–FY24: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Operating margin · FY24
-0.4%
▼ 5.1 pts vs FY23
vs Urban PPS hospitals42nd pctl of 2,562 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY21
22d
all sources
▼ 24.1 days vs FY20
vs Urban PPS hospitals50th pctl of 2,354 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$30.0M
▼ 0.6 $M vs FY23
vs Urban PPS hospitals5th pctl of 2,608 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+1.0%
▼ 5.0 pts vs FY23
vs Urban PPS hospitals32nd pctl of 2,563 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at ST CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL is about $300K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where ST CHARLES SURGICAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 2,562 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 +2.0%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
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
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
30,269
30,629
29,962
Other operating revenue
192
16
41
Total operating revenue
30,461
30,645
30,002
Total operating expenses
30,187
29,198
30,123
Operating income
274
1,446
(120)
Operating margin %
+0.9%
+4.7%
-0.4%
Investment income
—
1
3
Other non-operating, net
2,855
416
424
Net income
3,129
1,863
307
Net income %
+9.4%
+6.0%
+1.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · 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
FY20, 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 39-bed hospital at 9% occupancy 39% 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
8.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
3.46
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
39
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
599
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.1d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
39.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
82.70
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
18.9%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.9%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.02
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.951296
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
FY24 days cash suppressed: out of display range.
The county this hospital serves
ORLEANS County, LA · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$55.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
22.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
16.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
22.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 21.1% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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