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Urban PPS hospital · Saint Paul, MN

ALLINA UNITED HOSPITAL

CCN 240038RAMSEY CountyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateUrban (USDA RUCC)388 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
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. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read

A hospital in Saint Paul, MN. It ran an operating loss of 2.2% in FY24 on $908.5M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (9th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -6.9% in FY20 to -2.2% in FY24. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 0.9%.

Operating margin · FY24
-2.2%
vs Urban PPS hospitals37th pctl of 2,562 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
0d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals9th pctl of 2,354 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$908.5M
vs Urban PPS hospitals88th pctl of 2,608 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+0.9%
vs Urban PPS hospitals31st pctl of 2,563 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at ALLINA UNITED HOSPITAL is about $9.1M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).

Where ALLINA UNITED HOSPITAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals

Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 2,562 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 +2.0%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +2.027429837815152%ALLINA UNITED -2.197214098599675%-20%0%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +2.027429837815152%ALLINA UNITED -2.197214098599675%
One urban pps hospitalALLINA UNITEDUrban 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
-2.2% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+0.9% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
0d (FY24)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
2.79× (FY23)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
72% (FY23)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
50d (FY23)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY22FY23FY24
Patient revenue762,851839,838877,142
Other operating revenue22,89325,92231,354
Total operating revenue785,744865,761908,496
Total operating expenses839,044928,474928,458
Operating income(53,299)(62,714)(19,962)
Operating margin %-6.8%-7.2%-2.2%
Grants & contributions3,5991,3292,856
Investment income1309463
Other non-operating, net20,63626,43525,546
Net income(28,934)(34,856)8,503
Net income %-3.6%-3.9%+0.9%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22, FY24 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 388-bed hospital at 72% occupancy 44% 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
71.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
279.20
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
388
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
22,563
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.5d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
43.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
2,667
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
19.2%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$38.9M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.311
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.9%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.94
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.924283
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-6.9%-0.8%-6.8%-7.2%-2.2%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
0 days201 days0 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

The county this hospital serves

RAMSEY County, MN · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$81.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
12.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
5.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
15.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.1%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

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