Astrelis
Children's hospital · Kansas City, MO

THE CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL

CCN 263302JACKSON CountyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateUrban (USDA RUCC)184 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Kansas City, MO. It ran an operating surplus of 31.6% in FY25 on $1571.7M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (0th percentile among Children's hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -19.8% in FY21 to 31.6% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
+31.6%
0.9 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals92nd pctl of 38 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
0.0 days vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals0th pctl of 37 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$1.57B
97.5 $M vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals76th pctl of 41 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+32.1%
1.1 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals92nd pctl of 38 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at THE CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL is about $15.7M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where THE CHILDREN'S MERCY sits among Children's hospitals

Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 38 of 73 filed

Each point is one Children's 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 Children's hospital median is +3.6%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Children's hospital median +3.6380552682669416%THE CHILDREN'S +31.55537842684253%-20%0%+20%Children's hospital median +3.6380552682669416%THE CHILDREN'S +31.55537842684253%
One children's hospitalTHE CHILDREN'SChildren's 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
+31.6% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+32.1% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
0d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
Not shown, outside plausibility bounds
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
46% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not shown, outside plausibility bounds
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue1,441,4311,474,3151,572,517
Other operating revenue689(46)(778)
Total operating revenue1,442,1201,474,2691,571,738
Total operating expenses1,001,2491,022,2641,075,770
Operating income440,871452,005495,968
Operating margin %+30.6%+30.7%+31.6%
Grants & contributions1,25133796
Other non-operating, net7,8017,50313,605
Net income449,923459,845509,669
Net income %+31.0%+31.0%+32.1%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 184-bed hospital at 78% occupancy 42% 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
77.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
143.71
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
184
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
13,663
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.8d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
42.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
Data are shown only for hospitals that participate in the Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) programs.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-19.8%+36.4%+30.6%+30.7%+31.6%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
0 days0 days0 days0 days0 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

JACKSON County, MO
Median household income
$67.2K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
13.8%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
11.3%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
15.5%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
21.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 21.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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