Astrelis
Rural PPS hospital · Emporia, VA

BON SECOURS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER

CCN 490097ProprietaryRural (USDA RUCC)32 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Emporia, VA. It ran an operating loss of 4.0% in FY24 on $29.7M of operating revenue. It held 6 days of cash on hand (30th percentile among Rural PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -50.9% in FY20 to -4.0% in FY24.

Operating margin · FY24
-4.0%
3.9 pts vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals39th pctl of 387 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
6d
all sources
0.2 days vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals30th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$29.7M
4.3 $M vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals15th pctl of 393 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
-4.3%
3.6 pts vs FY23
vs Rural PPS hospitals25th pctl of 387 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at BON SECOURS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER is about $297K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).

Where BON SECOURS SOUTHERN sits among Rural PPS hospitals

Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 387 of 418 filed

Each point is one Rural 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 Rural PPS hospital median is -0.9%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -0.8727424997636124%BON SECOURS -4.0362616015540675%-20%0%+20%Rural PPS hospital median -0.8727424997636124%BON SECOURS -4.0362616015540675%
One rural pps hospitalBON SECOURSRural 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.

Operating margin
-4.0% (FY24)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
-4.3% (FY24)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
6d (FY24)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
16.56× (FY24)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
-21% (FY24)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
29d (FY24)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
$ in thousands
Line itemFY22FY23FY24
Patient revenue26,10325,38728,717
Other operating revenue12934
Total operating revenue26,10425,38929,651
Total operating expenses29,46627,40130,848
Operating income(3,361)(2,012)(1,197)
Operating margin %-12.9%-7.9%-4.0%
Other non-operating, net1,243(10)(74)
Net income(2,118)(2,022)(1,271)
Net income %-7.7%-8.0%-4.3%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY20, FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24 net patient A/R is not shown: gross A/R was not reported on the filing, making the derived net figure spurious (AR quality flag).

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 32-bed hospital at 14% occupancy 84% 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
14.3%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
4.59
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
32
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
432
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.9d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
0.03
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
0.7%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
83.7%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
106.60
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
18.9%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$1.1M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.97
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
The number of cases/patients is too few to report.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2022 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare

Trajectory

Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
-50.9%-26.4%-12.9%-7.9%-4.0%FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Days cash on hand
17 days4 days1 day7 days6 daysFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24

The county this hospital serves

EMPORIA CITY, VA · nonmetro, urban 5–20K, metro-adjacent
Median household income
$49.4K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
13.5%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
3.9%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
18.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
29.8%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA

What this hospital means to Emporia City County

economic contribution · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$30.8M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$71.0M
× 2.30 output multiplier · upper-bound estimate, upper bound for rural
Share of county employment
3.2%
of all county jobs
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). This hospital is not a critical access hospital. No published multiplier specific to its type was used, so the CAH ratios are applied unchanged and every multiplied figure here should be read as an upper-bound estimate, not a measurement of this facility. Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.

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