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 Philadelphia, PA. It ran an operating loss of 2.8% in FY24 on $403.6M of operating revenue. It held 55 days of cash on hand in FY25, its most recent reported liquidity (30th percentile among Children's hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY24
-2.8%
vs Children's hospitals37th pctl of 38 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
55d
all sources
vs Children's hospitals30th pctl of 37 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$403.6M
vs Children's hospitals29th pctl of 41 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-1.9%
vs Children's hospitals8th pctl of 38 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN is about $4.0M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL 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 hospitalST CHRISTOPHER'SChildren'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.
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
Not shown, balance sheet did not reconcile as filed
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
226,891
244,162
193,546
Other operating revenue
95,150
113,102
210,029
Total operating revenue
322,041
357,264
403,574
Total operating expenses
333,180
367,315
393,978
Operating income
(11,139)
(10,051)
9,596
Operating margin %
-3.5%
-2.8%
+2.4%
Other non-operating, net
10,613
3,121
3,022
Net income
(526)
(6,930)
12,618
Net income %
-0.2%
-1.9%
+3.1%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY20, FY21 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).
FY20, 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 113-bed hospital at 28% occupancy 61% 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
28.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
32.05
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
113
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
5,905
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
61.1%
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 · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
PHILADELPHIA County, PA · metro, 1M+ population
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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