CCN 501329SKAGIT CountyGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityUrban (USDA RUCC)25 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read
A hospital in Sedro Woolley, WA. It ran an operating surplus of 8.9% in FY25 on $105.9M of operating revenue. It held 0 days of cash on hand (0th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 3.1% in FY21 to 8.9% in FY25.
Operating margin · FY25
+8.9%
▲ 12.4 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals78th pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
0d
all sources
▬ 0.0 days vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals0th pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$105.9M
▲ 18.3 $M vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals93rd pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+9.0%
▲ 12.6 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals61st pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER is about $1.1M per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL 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.
One critical access hospitalPEACEHEALTH UNITEDCritical 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.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+45.7% (FY24)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+66.4% (FY24)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line item
FY23
FY24
FY25
Patient revenue
82,794
87,329
104,625
Other operating revenue
425
218
1,261
Total operating revenue
83,219
87,547
105,885
Total operating expenses
86,984
90,612
96,458
Operating income
(3,765)
(3,065)
9,428
Operating margin %
-4.5%
-3.5%
+8.9%
Grants & contributions
215
(74)
156
Other non-operating, net
27
19
6
Net income
(3,523)
(3,120)
9,590
Net income %
-4.2%
-3.6%
+9.0%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
A condensed balance sheet is not shown for this hospital: the public cost report does not carry substantive balance-sheet detail (assets, liabilities, and net assets that reconcile) for this provider. The income statement and ratio exhibit above are the reliable financial view here. We lead with those rather than render a hollow table.
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 25-bed hospital at 28% occupancy where swing beds are 62% of the inpatient business and 81% 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
27.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
6.97
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
25
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,106
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
2.3d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
11.15
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
61.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
80.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0
No Different than National Benchmark
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
13.7%
No Different Than the National Rate
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 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
SKAGIT County, WA
Median household income
$85.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
11.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
6.6%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
22.1%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
16.7%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 9.2% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 22.0% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
What this hospital means to Skagit County
economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$96.5M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$221.9M
× 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.
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