A hospital in Windsor, NC. It ran an operating surplus of 31.0% in FY25 on $40.5M of operating revenue. It held 449 days of cash on hand (92nd percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+31.0%
▲ 7.0 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals98th pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
449d
all sources
▲ 168.1 days vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals92nd pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$40.5M
▲ 5.4 $M vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals62nd pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+31.7%
▲ 7.4 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals98th pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ECU HEALTH BERTIE HOSPITAL is about $405K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where ECU HEALTH BERTIE 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 hospitalECU HEALTHCritical 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
+31.7% (FY25)
58th percentile of 171 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+67.9% (FY25)
94th percentile of 171 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
24,514
35,020
40,203
Other operating revenue
835
88
314
Total operating revenue
25,349
35,108
40,517
Total operating expenses
21,274
26,674
27,946
Operating income
4,075
8,434
12,571
Operating margin %
+16.1%
+24.0%
+31.0%
Grants & contributions
27
7
9
Investment income
12
—
—
Other non-operating, net
(29)
116
381
Net income
4,085
8,557
12,961
Net income %
+16.1%
+24.3%
+31.7%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 6-bed hospital at 68% occupancy 91% 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
68.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
4.10
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
6
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
390
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.8d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
90.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$2.9M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.4%
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
433%
Commercial negotiated rates as a percent of Medicare rates, outpatient basket. 70th 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 · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
BERTIE County, NC · nonmetro, rural, remote
Median household income
$45.9K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
19.8%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
11.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
24.3%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
28.5%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 17.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 37.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
What this hospital means to Bertie County
economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$27.9M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$64.3M
× 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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