Astrelis
Psychiatric hospital · Belle Mead, NJ

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH CARRIER CLINIC

CCN 314012SOMERSET CountyVoluntary non-profit - PrivateUrban (USDA RUCC)229 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Belle Mead, NJ. It ran an operating loss of 23.1% in FY24 on $89.0M of operating revenue. It held 2 days of cash on hand (56th percentile among Psychiatric hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 9.1% in FY20 to -23.1% in FY24. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 0.8%.

Operating margin · FY24
-23.1%
17.0 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals10th pctl of 437 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
2d
all sources
0.4 days vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals56th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$89.0M
0.1 $M vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals95th pctl of 509 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+0.8%
0.3 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals31st pctl of 434 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH CARRIER CLINIC is about $890K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).

Where HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH sits among Psychiatric hospitals

Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 437 of 610 filed

Each point is one Psychiatric 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 Psychiatric hospital median is +4.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Psychiatric hospital median +4.788257940327237%HACKENSACK MERIDIAN -23.066790892549484%-20%0%+20%Psychiatric hospital median +4.788257940327237%HACKENSACK MERIDIAN -23.066790892549484%
One psychiatric hospitalHACKENSACK MERIDIANPsychiatric 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
-23.1% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+0.8% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
2d (FY24)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
5.93× (FY24)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
96% (FY24)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
46d (FY24)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY22FY23FY24
Patient revenue77,59788,69788,743
Other operating revenue249224235
Total operating revenue77,84788,92088,978
Total operating expenses89,08694,273109,502
Operating income(11,239)(5,353)(20,524)
Operating margin %-14.4%-6.0%-23.1%
Other non-operating, net21,1506,30621,349
Net income9,911953825
Net income %+10.0%+1.0%+0.7%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 229-bed hospital at 68% occupancy 2% 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
68.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
156.62
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
229
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
3,658
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
15.6d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
1.6%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
No public quality measures are reported for this facility in the current Care Compare refresh.

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
+9.1%-4.6%-14.4%-6.0%-23.1%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
160 days127 days3 days2 days2 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

The county this hospital serves

SOMERSET County, NJ · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$136.0K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
5.5%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
5.7%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
16.6%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
12.1%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 3.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 8.0% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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