Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Days cash on hand is FY25, the most recent year that passed the display gate. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Hazleton, PA. It ran an operating surplus of 27.4% in FY24 on $199.6M of operating revenue. It held 393 days of cash on hand in FY25, its most recent reported liquidity (95th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 14.8% in FY21 to 27.4% in FY24.
Operating margin · FY24
+27.4%
vs Urban PPS hospitals94th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
393d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals95th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$199.6M
vs Urban PPS hospitals39th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+28.0%
vs Urban PPS hospitals94th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - HAZLETON is about $2.0M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where LEHIGH VALLEY 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 hospitalLEHIGH VALLEYUrban 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
136,079
180,061
191,634
Other operating revenue
2,728
11,864
7,974
Total operating revenue
138,808
191,926
199,608
Total operating expenses
126,426
139,260
181,556
Operating income
12,382
52,666
18,051
Operating margin %
+8.9%
+27.4%
+9.0%
Grants & contributions
10
3,916
261
Investment income
3,677
4,074
—
Other non-operating, net
1,658
(6,571)
(119,791)
Net income
17,727
54,085
(101,479)
Net income %
+12.3%
+28.0%
-126.7%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY25 operating and total margins are not shown: they compute from near-zero net patient revenue, so the ratio is not meaningful (display gate; statement values unchanged).
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 122-bed hospital at 38% occupancy 72% 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
37.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
46.21
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
122
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
5,259
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.2d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
72.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
580.80
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
26.0%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.432
No Different than 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
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.052807
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
LUZERNE County, PA
Median household income
$62.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
15.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.3%
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
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 12.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 27.3% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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