Astrelis
Urban PPS hospital · Wilkes-Barre, PA

WILKES-BARRE GENERAL HOSPITAL

CCN 390137Proprietary101 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis

Operating margin: +17.4% in FY2025, the 85th percentile of 2,523 urban pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Days cash on hand: -2 days in FY2025, the 5th percentile of 2,413 urban pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Total operating revenue: $249.9M in FY2025, the 45th percentile of 2,553 urban pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): -0.9% in FY2025, the 23rd percentile of 2,523 urban pps hospitals in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.

The read

A hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA. It ran an operating surplus of 17.4% in FY25 on $249.9M of operating revenue. It held -2 days of cash on hand — an Astrelis calculation outside expected range, shown at the chart boundary and ranked in its pool (5th percentile of 2,413 Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity, FY25 pool). Operating margin improved from -0.8% in FY21 to 17.4% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was negative at 0.9%.

Operating margin · FY25
+17.4%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ 10.0 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals85th pctl of 2,523 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Days cash on hand · FY25
-2d
all sources
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ 3 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals5th pctl of 2,413 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total operating revenue · FY25
$249.9M
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▼ $4.2M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals45th pctl of 2,553 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
-0.9%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▼ 8.3 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals23rd pctl of 2,523 (FY25 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
One point of operating margin at WILKES-BARRE GENERAL HOSPITAL is about $2.5M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where WILKES-BARRE GENERAL HOSPITAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals

Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 2,523 of 2,652 filed

Each point is one Urban PPS hospital in the national FY25 distribution for Urban PPS hospitals, this hospital's comparison cohort, 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 FY25 median is +2.4%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Urban PPS hospital median +2.4%WILKES-BARRE GENERAL +17.4%
One urban pps hospitalWILKES-BARRE GENERALUrban 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 computes only when every input is reported in the filing (otherwise its cell states which input is Not reported in source); a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled, and its derived ratios read Astrelis calculation unavailable. Not audited by Astrelis.

Operating margin
+17.4% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-0.9% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
-2d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
Astrelis calculation unavailable — the filed balance sheet does not reconcile as filed (statement values shown unchanged)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
Astrelis calculation unavailable — the filed balance sheet does not reconcile as filed (statement values shown unchanged)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Astrelis calculation unavailable — the filed balance sheet does not reconcile as filed (statement values shown unchanged)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
Astrelis calculation · HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue262,111255,724249,305
Other operating revenue(2,455)(1,638)578
Total operating revenue259,656254,087249,883
Total operating expenses296,108235,185206,430
Operating income(36,453)18,90243,453
Operating margin %-14.0%+7.4%+17.4%
Other non-operating, net2,5270(45,679)
Net income(33,925)18,902(2,226)
Net income %-12.9%+7.4%-0.9%
— = Not reported in source for that year.
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
Display states. FY21 · Days cash on hand: -2 days — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (outside the 0–1,500-day expected range — a valid filing can produce this; the pool absorbs it)FY22 · Days cash on hand: -4 days — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (outside the 0–1,500-day expected range — a valid filing can produce this; the pool absorbs it)FY23 · Days cash on hand: -2 days — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (outside the 0–1,500-day expected range — a valid filing can produce this; the pool absorbs it)FY24 · Days cash on hand: -5 days — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (outside the 0–1,500-day expected range — a valid filing can produce this; the pool absorbs it)FY25 · Days cash on hand: -2 days — Astrelis calculation · outside expected range; shown at the chart boundary and included in peer statistics (outside the 0–1,500-day expected range — a valid filing can produce this; the pool absorbs it)

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 101-bed hospital running at 78% occupancy, where 59% of patient revenue is outpatient.

The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by provenance class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim. Provenance labels: Reported value is copied from the named public source; Astrelis calculation is a formula applied to unchanged reported inputs, with the formula shown; Illustrative estimate is a benchmark gap, multiplier, or scenario — never a measurement.

Scale and flow
Occupancy
77.7%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
78.46
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
101
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
6,725
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4 days
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Cost per patient day
$7,208
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ total patient days (HCRIS WS G-3 / S-3)
Cost per discharge (unadjusted)
$30,696
Astrelis calculation2025
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ discharges, NOT case-mix adjusted (adjusted discharges are not on the public filing set)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
58.8%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
868
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
19.4%
Reported value2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.416
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.18
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.109679
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-0.8%-7.8%-14.0%+7.4%+17.4%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
-2 days-4 days-2 days-5 days-2 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

State context

Wilkes-Barre, PA
Located in Wilkes-Barre, PA. County-level statistics: linkage not established — this record's county mapping is not verified in the resolved spine, and we never place a facility in a county by guesswork. State-level context appears here once a state aggregate layer lands.

Illustrative advocacy scenario: what this hospital means to its county

Illustrative estimate · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$206.4M
total operating expense · Reported value, not a local-capture estimate
Labor income
$78.6M
$66.1M direct compensation × 1.19 · NCRHW 2016 CAH study · Illustrative estimate
Economic activity
$474.8M
direct spending × 2.30 · AHA national hospital economic activity report — a national hospital ratio, not a CAH or county figure · Illustrative estimate
Share of county employment
0.6%
of all county jobs · Reported value
Employment and labor income multipliers are from the National Center for Rural Health Works 2016 study of Critical Access Hospital economic impact (IMPLAN Type II, U.S. rural county populations); the economic-activity ratio is from the AHA national hospital economic activity report and describes U.S. hospitals as a whole; it is not a CAH-specific or county-specific figure. Applying any of these to an individual facility is an illustrative advocacy scenario, not a measurement: local capture depends on payroll residency, purchasing patterns, and county economic structure the sources do not observe. This facility is not a critical access hospital, so the NCRHW-derived lines borrow from a different hospital type; the label says so here rather than in the number. Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report. Want a defensible facility-specific figure? Request a Facility Economic Impact Study →
Operating margin vs its peer poolFY25Astrelis calculation

17.4% operating margin — 85th percentile of 2,523 peers (FY25 pool).

The Board Briefing

Operating margin improved 10.0 points vs FY24 — the briefing traces why, line by line.

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Performance Benchmark Report

15.0 points above the cohort median — at current revenue, approximately $37.5M more operating income than the median rate.

(17.4% facility vs 2.4% peer median) = 15.0 points above the median × $249.9M revenue ≈ $37.5M more operating income than the median rate · method
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How we calculated this

Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 2,523.

Performance Benchmark Report: FY25 peer pool · n = 2,523 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.

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