A hospital in Knoxville, TN. It ran an operating loss of 9.1% in FY25 on $312.6M of operating revenue. Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 18.6%.
Operating margin · FY25
-9.1%
vs Children's hospitals29th pctl of 38 (FY25)
Days cash on hand
Not available
all sources
vs Children's hospitals—
Total operating revenue · FY25
$312.6M
vs Children's hospitals24th pctl of 41 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+18.6%
vs Children's hospitals68th pctl of 38 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL is about $3.1M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where EAST TENNESSEE CHILDRENS 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 hospitalEAST TENNESSEEChildren'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.
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 79-bed hospital at 42% 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
41.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
33.01
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
79
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
4,515
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.7d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
61.3%
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 · single reporting year
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
Knox County, TN
Median household income
$71.7K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
12.2%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
8.4%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
16.1%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
19.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 6.6% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 16.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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