A hospital in Philadelphia, PA. It ran an operating surplus of 2.9% in FY25 on $4112.3M of operating revenue. It held 509 days of cash on hand (84th percentile among Children's hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 3.8% in FY21 to 2.9% in FY25, though it rose 2.2 points in the most recent year.
Operating margin · FY25
+2.9%
▲ 2.2 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals45th pctl of 38 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
509d
all sources
▲ 45.9 days vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals84th pctl of 37 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$4.11B
▲ 312.2 $M vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals98th pctl of 41 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+3.4%
▲ 2.4 pts vs FY24
vs Children's hospitals21st pctl of 38 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA is about $41.1M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF sits among Children's hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 38 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 +3.6%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One children's hospitalCHILDREN'S HOSPITALChildren'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
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
2,695,079
3,075,271
3,365,658
Other operating revenue
311,735
724,841
746,653
Total operating revenue
3,006,814
3,800,112
4,112,311
Total operating expenses
3,417,658
3,774,881
3,992,710
Operating income
(410,843)
25,231
119,601
Operating margin %
-13.7%
+0.7%
+2.9%
Grants & contributions
12,302
13,159
19,224
Investment income
84,467
—
—
Other non-operating, net
427,930
1
1
Net income
113,856
38,391
138,826
Net income %
+3.2%
+1.0%
+3.4%
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 475-bed hospital at 80% occupancy 48% 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
79.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
380.52
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
475
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
24,780
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
5.6d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
47.6%
Verified fact2025
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
PHILADELPHIA County, PA
Median household income
$60.7K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
22.0%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
7.2%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
14.4%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
Not available
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 16.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 28.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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