A hospital in Waco, TX. It ran an operating surplus of 1.0% in FY25 on $580.5M of operating revenue. It held 254 days of cash on hand (88th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -3.8% in FY21 to 1.0% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+1.0%
▲ 1.9 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals49th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
254d
all sources
▲ 19.5 days vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals88th pctl of 1,386 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$580.5M
▲ 54.5 $M vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals75th pctl of 1,503 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+15.6%
▲ 5.0 pts vs FY24
vs Urban PPS hospitals79th pctl of 1,475 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST is about $5.8M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where BAYLOR SCOTT & 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 hospitalBAYLOR SCOTTUrban 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
464,843
519,891
563,530
Other operating revenue
16,019
6,170
17,008
Total operating revenue
480,862
526,061
580,539
Total operating expenses
495,761
530,697
574,493
Operating income
(14,899)
(4,636)
6,045
Operating margin %
-3.1%
-0.9%
+1.0%
Grants & contributions
559
555
173
Investment income
5,205
19,834
24,157
Other non-operating, net
48,510
47,366
75,794
Net income
39,375
63,119
106,169
Net income %
+7.4%
+10.6%
+15.6%
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 182-bed hospital at 77% occupancy 63% 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
76.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
139.98
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
182
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
14,785
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.4d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
63.3%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,987
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
15.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.257
Better than the National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.7%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
1.04
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.843691
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
The county this hospital serves
MC LENNAN County, TX
Median household income
$63.9K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
17.1%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
13.8%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
15.1%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
22.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 22.6% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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