Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY23, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Days cash on hand is FY23, 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 Gonzales, LA. It ran an operating loss of 17.4% in FY24 on $7.4M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand in FY23, its most recent reported liquidity (49th percentile among Psychiatric hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -8.9% in FY20 to -17.4% in FY24.
Operating margin · FY24
-17.4%
▼ 18.2 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals14th pctl of 437 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY23
0d
all sources
▼ 8.9 days vs FY22
vs Psychiatric hospitals49th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$7.4M
▼ 2.9 $M vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals15th pctl of 509 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-6.0%
▼ 6.9 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals20th pctl of 434 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at ST JAMES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL, INC is about $74K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where ST JAMES BEHAVIORAL sits among Psychiatric hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 437 of 610 filed
Each point is one Psychiatric 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 Psychiatric hospital median is +4.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One psychiatric hospitalST JAMESPsychiatric 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
7,941
8,929
7,443
Other operating revenue
2
1,424
6
Total operating revenue
7,943
10,353
7,449
Total operating expenses
8,653
10,265
8,742
Operating income
(710)
88
(1,293)
Operating margin %
-8.9%
+0.8%
-17.4%
Other non-operating, net
471
0
795
Net income
(239)
88
(498)
Net income %
-2.8%
+0.8%
-6.0%
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 32-bed hospital at 84% occupancy 24% 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
84.1%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
26.99
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
32
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,385
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
7.1d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
24.2%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
No public quality measures are reported for this facility in the current Care Compare refresh.
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
ASCENSION County, LA
Median household income
$92.3K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
10.3%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
6.6%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
12.7%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
19.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.2% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 16.5% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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