A hospital in Columbia, MD. It ran an operating loss of 2.5% in FY25 on $341.3M of operating revenue. It held 270 days of cash on hand (89th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 13.1% in FY21 to -2.5% in FY25, though it rose 1.2 points in the most recent year. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 6.3%.
Operating margin · FY25
-2.5%
▲ 1.2 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals37th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
270d
all sources
▲ 11.5 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals89th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$341.3M
▲ 21.9 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals57th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+6.3%
▲ 0.5 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals50th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at JOHNS HOPKINS HOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER is about $3.4M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where JOHNS HOPKINS HOWARD 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 hospitalJOHNS HOPKINSUrban 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
303,519
316,637
339,624
Other operating revenue
35,689
2,776
1,700
Total operating revenue
339,208
319,412
341,324
Total operating expenses
331,114
331,001
349,775
Operating income
8,095
(11,588)
(8,451)
Operating margin %
+2.4%
-3.6%
-2.5%
Investment income
1,944
23,814
25,634
Other non-operating, net
(3,171)
8,485
6,540
Net income
6,868
20,711
23,723
Net income %
+2.0%
+5.9%
+6.4%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 211-bed hospital at 82% occupancy 37% 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
82.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
173.72
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
211
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
14,493
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.4d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
37.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,558
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
20.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.494
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.1%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
Results are not available for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.955617
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
HOWARD County, MD
Median household income
$147.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
5.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
4.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
14.8%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
11.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 3.6% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 9.1% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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