A hospital in Columbus, OH. It ran an operating surplus of 11.4% in FY24 on $2573.1M of operating revenue. It held 728 days of cash on hand (93rd percentile among Children's hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 6.5% in FY20 to 11.4% in FY24.
Operating margin · FY24
+11.4%
▲ 1.9 pts vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals70th pctl of 66 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
728d
all sources
▲ 23.7 days vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals93rd pctl of 60 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$2.57B
▲ 220.8 $M vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals91st pctl of 68 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+27.8%
▲ 0.1 pts vs FY23
vs Children's hospitals89th pctl of 66 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=66); the Children's hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL is about $25.7M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL sits among Children's hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 66 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 +5.6%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=66); the Children's hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One children's hospitalNATIONWIDE 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.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
2,048,661
2,328,380
2,485,337
Other operating revenue
107,469
23,903
87,723
Total operating revenue
2,156,130
2,352,283
2,573,060
Total operating expenses
1,883,089
2,127,337
2,279,158
Operating income
273,040
224,946
293,902
Operating margin %
+12.7%
+9.6%
+11.4%
Investment income
97,968
90,802
93,223
Other non-operating, net
(501,809)
501,079
492,601
Net income
(130,801)
816,827
879,726
Net income %
-7.5%
+27.7%
+27.8%
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 369-bed hospital at 59% occupancy 50% 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
59.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
219.83
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
369
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
20,028
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.0d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
49.9%
Verified fact2024
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
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
FRANKLIN County, OH · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$73.8K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
14.5%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
8.4%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
12.7%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
18.3%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 16.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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