Astrelis
Critical Access Hospital · Spearman, TX

HANSFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL

CCN 451344HANSFORD CountyGovernment - LocalRural (USDA RUCC)14 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Spearman, TX. It ran an operating loss of 33.0% in FY25 on $20.2M of operating revenue. It held 139 days of cash on hand (58th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -48.7% in FY20 to -33.0% in FY25. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 2.3%.

Operating margin · FY25
-33.0%
14.2 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals6th pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
139d
all sources
26.8 days vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals58th pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$20.2M
1.8 $M vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals28th pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+2.3%
11.5 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals33rd pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at HANSFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL is about $202K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where HANSFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL sits among Critical Access Hospitals

Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 824 of 1,404 filed

Each point is one Critical Access 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 Critical Access Hospital median is -0.2%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%HANSFORD COUNTY -32.96793452475091%-20%0%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%HANSFORD COUNTY -32.96793452475091%
One critical access hospitalHANSFORD COUNTYCritical Access 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
-33.0% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+2.3% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
139d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
2.57× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
72% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
57d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+15.6% (FY25)
71st percentile of 21 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+50.1% (FY25)
71st percentile of 21 CAHs. Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue17,76418,41920,018
Other operating revenue139(33)216
Total operating revenue17,90218,38720,234
Total operating expenses25,90327,06226,904
Operating income(8,000)(8,675)(6,671)
Operating margin %-44.7%-47.2%-33.0%
Grants & contributions4,2494,3754,927
Investment income29390307
Other non-operating, net2,9171,6462,084
Net income(805)(2,264)647
Net income %-3.2%-9.1%+2.3%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 14-bed hospital at 3% occupancy where swing beds are 88% of the inpatient business and 74% 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
2.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
0.35
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
14
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
40
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.2d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
2.58
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
87.9%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
73.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$2.2M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results are not available for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
15.3%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Pricing

Pilot · FY25
Commercial rates vs Medicare
290%
Commercial negotiated rates as a percent of Medicare rates, outpatient basket.
Hospital price files + Medicare rates

Directional indicator from public price files. Facility-specific rate positioning is the Commercial Pricing Study →

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 6 reporting years
Operating margin
-48.7%-42.3%-56.6%-44.7%-47.2%-33.0%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
260 days225 days131 days166 days113 days139 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

HANSFORD County, TX · nonmetro, rural, remote
Median household income
$68.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
7.8%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
19.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
13.9%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
24.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 6.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 13.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Hansford County

economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$26.9M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$61.9M
× 2.30 output multiplier · estimate, upper bound for rural
Method: NCRHW 2016 study of critical access hospitals (IMPLAN Type II), employment × 1.34, earnings × 1.19; output × 2.30 (AHA national, upper bound for rural). Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.

CAH Performance Benchmark$2,500Founding Edition

Where this facility is underperforming its matched peer cohort and what that gap is worth, measure by measure. Founding Edition: delivered within 30 days of eligibility confirmation, full refund if the published scope cannot be delivered.

Commercial Pricing Study$10,000CAH only, subject to data validation

Your negotiated commercial rates against Medicare and against peers, from hospitals' own published price files. We validate your hospital's rate file before taking payment.

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