A hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. It ran an operating surplus of 7.4% in FY25 on $158.3M of operating revenue. It held 64 days of cash on hand (63rd percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+7.4%
▲ 23.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals67th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
64d
all sources
▲ 28.5 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals63rd pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$158.3M
▼ 161.6 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals33rd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+9.4%
▲ 19.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals62nd pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at MERCY HOSPITAL SOUTHEAST is about $1.6M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where MERCY HOSPITAL SOUTHEAST 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 hospitalMERCY HOSPITALUrban 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
322,227
319,875
156,768
Other operating revenue
—
—
1,512
Total operating revenue
322,227
319,875
158,280
Total operating expenses
478,866
370,873
146,636
Operating income
(156,639)
(50,998)
11,644
Operating margin %
-48.6%
-15.9%
+7.4%
Grants & contributions
370
435
1,058
Investment income
6,451
2,173
478
Other non-operating, net
27,297
14,891
1,978
Net income
(122,521)
(33,499)
15,158
Net income %
-34.4%
-9.9%
+9.4%
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
FY20, FY21, FY22, FY23, 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 206-bed hospital at 34% occupancy 66% 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
34.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
70.72
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
206
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
3,924
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.2d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
66.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
697
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
19.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$9.8M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.663
No Different than 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
1.01
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.916263
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
CAPE GIRARDEAU County, MO · metro, under 250K
Median household income
$68.9K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
14.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
7.1%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.2%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
19.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 22.1% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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