Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY24, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Brighton, MA. It ran an operating loss of 48.6% in FY25 on $297.8M of operating revenue. It held 25 days of cash on hand (51st percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from -2.6% in FY20 to -48.6% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
-48.6%
vs Urban PPS hospitals2nd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
25d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals51st pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$297.8M
vs Urban PPS hospitals51st pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-43.2%
vs Urban PPS hospitals1st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER-BRIGHTON is about $3.0M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER-BRIGHTON 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 hospitalBOSTON MEDICALUrban 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
388,202
236,518
297,793
Other operating revenue
993
524
—
Total operating revenue
389,195
237,043
297,793
Total operating expenses
429,581
330,111
442,555
Operating income
(40,387)
(93,068)
(144,762)
Operating margin %
-10.4%
-39.3%
-48.6%
Investment income
20
23
—
Other non-operating, net
27,005
9,209
11,240
Net income
(13,362)
(83,836)
(133,522)
Net income %
-3.2%
-34.0%
-43.2%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–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
FY25 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 174-bed hospital at 54% occupancy 40% 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
54.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
95.07
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
174
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
7,690
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.5d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
39.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,353
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
15.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$34.5M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.134
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
16.4%
Worse Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.06
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.793226
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
SUFFOLK County, MA · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$92.9K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
16.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
3.3%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
13.0%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
17.2%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 15.3% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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