CCN 500060SNOHOMISH CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)42 bedsLatest FY 2024
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY21, the latest filing whose balance sheet reconciled as filed. Every tile below states its own fiscal year; nothing is carried forward or estimated.
The read
A hospital in Arlington, WA. It ran an operating surplus of 8.3% in FY24 on $107.1M of operating revenue. It held 22 days of cash on hand (50th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin declined from 18.7% in FY20 to 8.3% in FY24. These figures come from filings spanning FY21–FY24: read each by its own year rather than as one current picture.
Operating margin · FY24
+8.3%
vs Urban PPS hospitals68th pctl of 2,562 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
22d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals50th pctl of 2,354 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$107.1M
vs Urban PPS hospitals23rd pctl of 2,608 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+8.8%
vs Urban PPS hospitals61st pctl of 2,563 (FY24)
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One point of operating margin at CASCADE VALLEY HOSPITAL is about $1.1M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where CASCADE VALLEY HOSPITAL sits among Urban PPS hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 2,562 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 +2.0%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
Benchmarked within its own FY24 pool (n=2,562); the Urban PPS hospital cohort's current year is FY25.
One urban pps hospitalCASCADE VALLEYUrban 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
FY22
FY23
FY24
Patient revenue
79,223
92,469
107,010
Other operating revenue
62
16
73
Total operating revenue
79,285
92,485
107,083
Total operating expenses
62,324
69,278
98,152
Operating income
16,961
23,207
8,932
Operating margin %
+21.4%
+25.1%
+8.3%
Grants & contributions
11
29
—
Investment income
652
1,482
—
Other non-operating, net
27
(184)
503
Net income
17,651
24,534
9,435
Net income %
+22.1%
+26.2%
+8.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
FY20, FY21, 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 42-bed hospital at 48% occupancy 72% 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
48.2%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
20.31
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
42
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,994
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.7d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
72.2%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
281.30
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
10.8%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$5.5M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.333
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.5%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Medicare spending per beneficiary
0.87
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
0.931746
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
SNOHOMISH County, WA · metro, 1M+ population
Median household income
$108.0K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
7.9%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.1%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
14.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
14.9%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 5.1% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 13.2% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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