A hospital in Bethlehem, PA. It ran an operating surplus of 15.5% in FY25 on $1440.4M of operating revenue. It held 501 days of cash on hand (97th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+15.5%
vs Urban PPS hospitals84th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
501d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals97th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$1.44B
vs Urban PPS hospitals92nd pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+23.5%
vs Urban PPS hospitals91st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM is about $14.4M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where ST LUKES HOSPITAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 1,475 of 2,681 filed
Each point is one Urban PPS 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 Urban PPS hospital median is +1.3%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One urban pps hospitalST LUKESUrban PPS 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
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
8,944,230
1,309,750
1,438,718
Other operating revenue
1,040
1,232
1,672
Total operating revenue
8,945,269
1,310,982
1,440,390
Total operating expenses
1,079,579
1,160,606
1,217,503
Operating income
7,865,690
150,376
222,886
Operating margin %
+87.9%
+11.5%
+15.5%
Grants & contributions
11,294
22,093
6,724
Investment income
7,420
12,089
10,682
Other non-operating, net
35,166
81,789
107,043
Net income
7,919,570
266,347
347,335
Net income %
+88.0%
+18.7%
+22.2%
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 686-bed hospital at 73% occupancy 52% 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
72.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
410.48
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
686
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
31,251
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.8d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
52.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
5,668
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
29.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.185
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.7%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.97
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.607722
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
LEHIGH County, PA
Median household income
$86.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
8.8%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
4.2%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
19.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
Not available
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.2% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 20.1% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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