A hospital in Baton Rouge, LA. It ran an operating surplus of 21.1% in FY25 on $48.2M of operating revenue. Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+21.1%
vs Urban PPS hospitals91st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
Not available
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals—
Total operating revenue · FY25
$48.2M
vs Urban PPS hospitals9th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+21.1%
vs Urban PPS hospitals88th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at THE GENERAL is about $482K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where THE GENERAL 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 hospitalTHE GENERALUrban 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
45,569
40,194
46,658
Other operating revenue
11
763
1,511
Total operating revenue
45,580
40,957
48,169
Total operating expenses
38,670
40,786
38,013
Operating income
6,911
172
10,156
Operating margin %
+15.2%
+0.4%
+21.1%
Other non-operating, net
(4,284)
0
0
Net income
2,627
172
10,156
Net income %
+6.4%
+0.4%
+21.1%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–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 155-bed hospital at 19% occupancy 64% 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
18.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
29.25
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
155
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,738
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
6.1d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
63.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
154.20
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
17.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$4.6M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.22
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
1.01
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 · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
E. BATON ROUGE County, LA · metro, 250K–1M
Median household income
$63.1K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
18.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
14.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
21.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.6% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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