A hospital in Perryville, MO. It ran an operating surplus of 10.5% in FY25 on $78.1M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (7th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+10.5%
vs Critical Access Hospitals80th pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
vs Critical Access Hospitals7th pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$78.1M
vs Critical Access Hospitals86th pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+10.8%
vs Critical Access Hospitals67th pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at MERCY HOSPITAL PERRY is about $781K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where MERCY HOSPITAL PERRY sits among Critical Access Hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 824 of 1,404 filed
Each point is one Critical Access 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 Critical Access Hospital median is -0.2%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One critical access hospitalMERCY HOSPITALCritical Access 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
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+40.4% (FY24)
73rd percentile of 476 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+40.9% (FY24)
12th percentile of 476 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
31,805
47,271
77,925
Other operating revenue
640
309
211
Total operating revenue
32,445
47,580
78,136
Total operating expenses
38,861
50,596
69,937
Operating income
(6,416)
(3,016)
8,199
Operating margin %
-19.8%
-6.3%
+10.5%
Grants & contributions
382
6
12
Investment income
263
—
—
Other non-operating, net
1,327
55
299
Net income
(4,444)
(2,955)
8,510
Net income %
-12.9%
-6.2%
+10.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · 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 25-bed hospital at 46% occupancy where swing beds are 32% of the inpatient business and 79% 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
46.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
11.53
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
25
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,464
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.9d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
5.46
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
32.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
79.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$1.3M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.2%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Pricing
Pilot · FY25
Commercial rates vs Medicare
211%
Commercial negotiated rates as a percent of Medicare rates, outpatient basket. 20th percentile among CAHs.
Hospital price files + Medicare rates
Directional indicator from public price files. Facility-specific rate positioning is the Commercial Pricing Study →
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
PERRY County, MO · nonmetro, urban 5–20K, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$63.4K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
11.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
19.3%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
20.1%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 11.6% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 25.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
What this hospital means to Perry County
economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$69.9M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$160.9M
× 2.30 output multiplier · estimate, upper bound for rural
Method: NCRHW 2016 study of critical access hospitals (IMPLAN Type II), employment × 1.34, earnings × 1.19; output × 2.30 (AHA national, upper bound for rural). Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.
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