Financial anchor year: FY25. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY25. Days cash on hand is FY24, 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 Charleston, SC. It ran an operating surplus of 28.5% in FY25 on $915.0M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand in FY24, its most recent reported liquidity (20th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 19.4% in FY21 to 28.5% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+28.5%
▲ 11.5 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals95th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY24
0d
all sources
▲ 0.1 days vs FY23
vs Urban PPS hospitals20th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$915.0M
▲ 221.6 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals86th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+28.7%
▲ 11.4 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals94th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER is about $9.2M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER 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 hospitalTRIDENT MEDICALUrban 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.
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
637,546
685,856
914,608
Other operating revenue
4
7,584
434
Total operating revenue
637,550
693,441
915,042
Total operating expenses
534,712
575,411
653,821
Operating income
102,838
118,030
261,221
Operating margin %
+16.1%
+17.0%
+28.5%
Other non-operating, net
15,017
2,293
2,426
Net income
117,855
120,323
263,647
Net income %
+18.1%
+17.3%
+28.7%
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 341-bed hospital at 80% occupancy 47% 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
80.1%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
273.73
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
341
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
25,149
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
47.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
2,042
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
20.2%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.291
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.9%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.01
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.806231
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
DORCHESTER County, SC
Median household income
$84.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
11.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.9%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
17.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
14.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 5.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 13.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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