A hospital in New Orleans, LA. It ran an operating surplus of 20.4% in FY24 on $682.4M of operating revenue. It held 634 days of cash on hand (88th percentile among Children's hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 8.0% in FY20 to 20.4% in FY24, though it fell 0.9 points in the most recent year.
Operating margin · FY24
+20.4%
▼ 0.9 pts vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals85th pctl of 66 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
634d
all sources
▼ 95.0 days vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals88th pctl of 60 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$682.4M
▲ 20.3 $M vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals46th pctl of 68 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+27.5%
▼ 6.4 pts vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals88th pctl of 66 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=66); the Children's hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at CHILDRENS HOSPITAL is about $6.8M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where CHILDRENS HOSPITAL sits among Children's hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 66 of 73 filed
Each point is one Children's 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 Children's hospital median is +5.6%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=66); the Children's hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One children's hospitalCHILDRENS HOSPITALChildren's 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
523,353
634,486
641,213
Other operating revenue
(10,484)
27,616
41,230
Total operating revenue
512,869
662,102
682,443
Total operating expenses
488,378
521,318
543,211
Operating income
24,491
140,785
139,232
Operating margin %
+4.8%
+21.3%
+20.4%
Investment income
(177,741)
126,814
66,548
Other non-operating, net
0
0
1
Net income
(153,250)
267,599
205,781
Net income %
-45.7%
+33.9%
+27.5%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 119-bed hospital at 53% occupancy 51% 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
52.7%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
62.94
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
119
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
5,579
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.1d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
50.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
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
ORLEANS County, LA · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$55.3K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
22.6%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
8.4%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
16.5%
vs 16.8% US
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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