Financial anchor year: FY24. Margin and revenue are as filed for FY24. Balance-sheet measures (current ratio, equity financing, days in A/R) use FY22, 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 Grafton, WI. It ran an operating surplus of 22.6% in FY24 on $359.3M of operating revenue. It held 897 days of cash on hand (99th percentile among Urban PPS hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from 9.8% in FY20 to 22.6% in FY24.
Operating margin · FY24
+22.6%
vs Urban PPS hospitals91st pctl of 2,562 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
897d
all sources
vs Urban PPS hospitals99th pctl of 2,354 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$359.3M
vs Urban PPS hospitals60th pctl of 2,608 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+22.8%
vs Urban PPS hospitals90th 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 AURORA MEDICAL CENTER is about $3.6M per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where AURORA MEDICAL CENTER 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 hospitalAURORA MEDICALUrban 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
300,386
330,573
359,088
Other operating revenue
3
3,133
177
Total operating revenue
300,388
333,706
359,264
Total operating expenses
250,284
258,561
278,194
Operating income
50,104
75,145
81,071
Operating margin %
+16.7%
+22.5%
+22.6%
Grants & contributions
—
—
3
Other non-operating, net
511
873
1,150
Net income
50,615
76,018
82,224
Net income %
+16.8%
+22.7%
+22.8%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY20–FY24 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 104-bed hospital at 72% 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
72.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
75.50
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
104
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
6,901
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.0d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
62.5%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
Total FTEs
1,033
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt II
Contract labor share of labor cost
22.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3 Pt V
Who it serves
Total unreimbursed & uncompensated care
$12.0M
Verified fact2023
HCRIS WS S-10 line 31
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
0.986
No Different than 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
0.85
CMS-reported measure01/01/2024 to 12/31/2024
CMS Care Compare
Patient-safety composite (PSI-90)
1.053321
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
OZAUKEE County, WI
Median household income
$96.7K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
4.6%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
2.4%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
21.0%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
14.2%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Not designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 3.8% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 10.9% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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