Astrelis
Psychiatric hospital · Chattanooga, TN

ERLANGER BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL, LLC

CCN 444026HAMILTON CountyProprietaryUrban (USDA RUCC)144 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Chattanooga, TN. It ran an operating surplus of 3.9% in FY24 on $31.1M of operating revenue. It held 134 days of cash on hand (88th percentile among Psychiatric hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 10.6% in FY20 to 3.9% in FY24.

Operating margin · FY24
+3.9%
11.2 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals48th pctl of 437 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
134d
all sources
151.9 days vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals88th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$31.1M
2.9 $M vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals64th pctl of 509 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+4.0%
11.2 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals40th pctl of 434 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at ERLANGER BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL, LLC is about $311K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).

Where ERLANGER BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL, sits among Psychiatric hospitals

Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 437 of 610 filed

Each point is one Psychiatric 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 Psychiatric hospital median is +4.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Psychiatric hospital median +4.788257940327237%ERLANGER BEHAVIORAL +3.912723344190398%-20%0%+20%Psychiatric hospital median +4.788257940327237%ERLANGER BEHAVIORAL +3.912723344190398%
One psychiatric hospitalERLANGER BEHAVIORALPsychiatric 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.

Operating margin
+3.9% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+4.0% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
134d (FY24)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
9.38× (FY24)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
90% (FY24)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
38d (FY24)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY22FY23FY24
Patient revenue26,57228,01431,035
Other operating revenue4816866
Total operating revenue26,61928,18331,101
Total operating expenses22,56323,92729,884
Operating income4,0564,2551,217
Operating margin %+15.2%+15.1%+3.9%
Other non-operating, net111521
Net income4,0674,2701,238
Net income %+15.3%+15.1%+4.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 144-bed hospital at 58% occupancy 3% 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
58.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
84.32
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
144
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
3,252
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
9.5d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
2.7%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
No public quality measures are reported for this facility in the current Care Compare refresh.

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
+10.6%+14.3%+15.2%+15.1%+3.9%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
11 days60 days93 days286 days134 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

The county this hospital serves

HAMILTON County, TN · metro, 250K–1M
Median household income
$72.6K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
12.5%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
9.6%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
18.1%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
20.3%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 7.7% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 19.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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