Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Days cash on hand is FY22, 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 Lancaster, SC. It ran an operating surplus of 1.2% in FY25 on $164.6M of operating revenue. It held 67 days of cash on hand in FY22, its most recent reported liquidity (64th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 0.5% in FY21 to 1.2% in FY25, though it fell 12.5 points in the most recent year. These figures come from filings spanning FY22–FY25: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Operating margin · FY25
+1.2%
vs Urban PPS hospitals49th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY22
67d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals64th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$164.6M
vs Urban PPS hospitals34th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+15.6%
vs Urban PPS hospitals79th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at MUSC HEALTH LANCASTER MEDICAL CENTER is about $1.6M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where MUSC HEALTH LANCASTER 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 hospitalMUSC HEALTHUrban 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
128,200
180,009
162,341
Other operating revenue
3,507
3,110
2,257
Total operating revenue
131,707
183,119
164,598
Total operating expenses
141,570
158,124
162,623
Operating income
(9,863)
24,995
1,975
Operating margin %
-7.5%
+13.6%
+1.2%
Grants & contributions
188
361
16,255
Investment income
94
52
—
Other non-operating, net
1
0
13,197
Net income
(9,580)
25,408
31,427
Net income %
-7.3%
+13.8%
+16.2%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY21, FY22 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 79-bed hospital at 56% occupancy 57% 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
56.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
44.59
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
79
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
5,345
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
57.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
574.70
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
26.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.244
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.5%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.07
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.827467
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
FY25 days cash suppressed: out of display range.
The county this hospital serves
LANCASTER County, SC
Median household income
$74.8K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
12.3%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.3%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
21.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
18.2%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 8.5% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 22.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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