A hospital in Wausau, WI. It ran an operating loss of 35.3% in FY24 on $69.6M of operating revenue. It held 124 days of cash on hand (87th percentile among Psychiatric hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -55.5% in FY20 to -35.3% in FY24. Including nonoperating items, the all-in result was positive at 10.1%.
Operating margin · FY24
-35.3%
▲ 14.0 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals8th pctl of 437 (FY24)
Days cash on hand · FY24
124d
all sources
▲ 62.9 days vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals87th pctl of 376 (FY24)
Total operating revenue · FY24
$69.6M
▲ 4.9 $M vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals91st pctl of 509 (FY24)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+10.1%
▲ 6.2 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals57th pctl of 434 (FY24)
One point of operating margin at NORTH CENTRAL HEALTH CARE is about $696K per year (1% of FY24 total operating revenue).
Where NORTH CENTRAL HEALTH sits among Psychiatric hospitals
Operating margin · FY24 pool · n = 437 of 610 filed
Each point is one Psychiatric 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 Psychiatric hospital median is +4.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One psychiatric hospitalNORTH CENTRALPsychiatric 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
59,682
63,671
68,832
Other operating revenue
2,323
1,077
769
Total operating revenue
62,006
64,748
69,601
Total operating expenses
87,962
96,688
94,172
Operating income
(25,956)
(31,940)
(24,571)
Operating margin %
-41.9%
-49.3%
-35.3%
Grants & contributions
17,493
26,299
20,188
Investment income
76
247
770
Other non-operating, net
11,902
9,306
14,137
Net income
3,515
3,912
10,524
Net income %
+3.8%
+3.9%
+10.1%
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 16-bed hospital at 83% occupancy 73% 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
83.4%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
13.37
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
16
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,077
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
4.5d
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Outpatient share of patient revenue
73.2%
Verified fact2024
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
No public quality measures are reported for this facility in the current Care Compare refresh.
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · 5 reporting years
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
MARATHON County, WI · metro, under 250K
Median household income
$76.2K
vs $82.1K US
Poverty rate
8.9%
vs 12.5% US
Uninsured
6.0%
vs 8.6% US
Age 65+
18.6%
vs 16.8% US
Fair or poor health
18.0%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 6.5% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 17.4% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
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