Astrelis
Urban PPS hospital · Palmer, MA

BAYSTATE WING HOSPITAL

CCN 220030Hampden CountyVoluntary non-profit - OtherUrban (USDA RUCC)46 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Palmer, MA. It ran an operating surplus of 2.0% in FY25 on $97.7M of operating revenue. It held 60 days of cash on hand (62nd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -16.0% in FY20 to 2.0% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
+2.0%
6.1 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals52nd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
60d
all sources
1.6 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals62nd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$97.7M
2.3 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals20th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+4.8%
13.8 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals44th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at BAYSTATE WING HOSPITAL is about $977K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where BAYSTATE WING HOSPITAL 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%BAYSTATE WING +1.9732917494200863%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +1.3311360264910879%BAYSTATE WING +1.9732917494200863%
One urban pps hospitalBAYSTATE WINGUrban 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.

Operating margin
+2.0% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+4.8% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
60d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
0.68× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
29% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
35d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue100,57398,55396,469
Other operating revenue1,3831,5011,261
Total operating revenue101,956100,05497,730
Total operating expenses108,477104,13595,802
Operating income(6,521)(4,081)1,929
Operating margin %-6.4%-4.1%+2.0%
Grants & contributions507164252
Investment income593(5,682)866
Other non-operating, net4,0741,0701,835
Net income(1,347)(8,529)4,882
Net income %-1.3%-8.9%+4.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 46-bed hospital at 86% occupancy 74% 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
86.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
39.73
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
46
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
3,653
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
74.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
453.20
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
21.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$3.4M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.8%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.99
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.923577
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
-16.0%-9.1%-14.5%-6.4%-4.1%+2.0%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
167 days162 days77 days76 days61 days60 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

HAMPDEN County, MA · metro, 250K–1M
Median household income
$70.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
15.7%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
3.1%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.8%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
22.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 16.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 31.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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