A hospital in Bel Air, MD. It ran an operating surplus of 8.7% in FY25 on $454.1M of operating revenue. It held 386 days of cash on hand (95th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 4.5% in FY21 to 8.7% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+8.7%
vs Urban PPS hospitals71st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
386d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals95th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$454.1M
vs Urban PPS hospitals67th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+10.5%
vs Urban PPS hospitals65th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at UMD UPPER CHESAPEAKE MEDICAL CENTER is about $4.5M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where UMD UPPER CHESAPEAKE 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 hospitalUMD UPPERUrban 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
320,183
370,941
446,078
Other operating revenue
—
243
8,054
Total operating revenue
320,183
371,184
454,132
Total operating expenses
312,046
351,371
414,473
Operating income
8,137
19,814
39,659
Operating margin %
+2.5%
+5.3%
+8.7%
Grants & contributions
780
921
1,040
Investment income
15,965
8,222
22,000
Other non-operating, net
4,036
(17,818)
(11,396)
Net income
28,918
11,139
51,303
Net income %
+8.5%
+3.1%
+11.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–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 205-bed hospital at 83% occupancy 49% 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
83.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
170.58
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
205
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
13,339
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.7d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
48.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,693
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
16.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.068
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.5%
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)
1.311396
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
HARFORD County, MD
Median household income
$111.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
7.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
3.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.0%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
15.9%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 6.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 16.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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