CCN 190308St. Bernard CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)32 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY22, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Chalmette, LA. It ran an operating surplus of 1.0% in FY24 on $59.6M of operating revenue. It held 79 days of cash on hand (68th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -6.1% in FY20 to 1.0% in FY24.
Operating margin · FY24
+1.0%
vs Urban PPS hospitals47th pctl of 2,562 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
79d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals68th pctl of 2,354 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$59.6M
vs Urban PPS hospitals12th pctl of 2,608 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+1.0%
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 BERNARD PARISH HOSPITAL is about $596K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where ST BERNARD PARISH 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 BERNARDUrban 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
35,285
38,078
39,908
Other operating revenue
45,739
18,746
19,644
Total operating revenue
81,024
56,824
59,552
Total operating expenses
80,785
56,077
58,954
Operating income
239
747
598
Operating margin %
+0.3%
+1.3%
+1.0%
Other non-operating, net
0
0
0
Net income
239
747
598
Net income %
+0.3%
+1.3%
+1.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22 operating and total margins are not shown: they compute from near-zero net patient revenue, so the ratio is not meaningful (display gate; statement values unchanged).
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 32-bed hospital at 25% 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
25.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
8.15
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
32
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,375
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.2d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
82.9%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
281.80
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
24.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$2.2M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
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%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.81
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
The number of cases/patients is too few to report.
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. BERNARD County, LA · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$57.6K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
22.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.1%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
12.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
27.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 14.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 29.6% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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