Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY24, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Reading, PA. It ran an operating surplus of 5.3% in FY25 on $350.5M of operating revenue. It held 2 days of cash on hand (31st percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 9.3% in FY21 to 5.3% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+5.3%
▼ 1.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals61st pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
2d
all sources
▼ 1.2 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals31st pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$350.5M
▲ 6.8 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals58th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+7.7%
▼ 0.8 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals56th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at PENN STATE HEALTH ST. JOSEPH is about $3.5M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where PENN STATE HEALTH 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 hospitalPENN STATEUrban 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
334,766
340,515
347,800
Other operating revenue
4,538
3,159
2,674
Total operating revenue
339,304
343,674
350,473
Total operating expenses
290,488
320,935
331,989
Operating income
48,816
22,740
18,485
Operating margin %
+14.4%
+6.6%
+5.3%
Grants & contributions
882
562
179
Other non-operating, net
4,911
6,677
9,031
Net income
54,609
29,979
27,695
Net income %
+15.8%
+8.5%
+7.7%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24, FY25 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 142-bed hospital at 50% occupancy 65% 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
49.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
70.94
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
142
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
7,538
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.4d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
65.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,164
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
20.6%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
1.284
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.6%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.05
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.832655
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
BERKS County, PA
Median household income
$77.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
11.7%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.7%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.7%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
Not available
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.4% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 21.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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