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 of 422 Psychiatric hospitals on liquidity, FY24 pool). 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%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ 14.0 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals8th pctl of 437 (FY24 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Days cash on hand · FY24
124d
all sources
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ 63 days vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals87th pctl of 422 (FY24 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total operating revenue · FY24
$69.6M
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ $4.9M vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals91st pctl of 509 (FY24 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY24
+10.1%
Astrelis calculation · as-filed inputs
▲ 6.2 pts vs FY23
vs Psychiatric hospitals57th pctl of 434 (FY24 pool)
pool: this metric's own fiscal year · excludes historical, non-panel, and out-of-range values
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 601 filed
Each point is one Psychiatric hospital in the national FY24 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 FY24 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 computes only when every input is reported in the filing (otherwise its cell states which input is Not reported in source); a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled, and its derived ratios read Astrelis calculation unavailable. Not audited by Astrelis.
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
Astrelis calculation · 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%
— = Not reported in source for that year.
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 psychiatric hospital running at 83% occupancy, where the average stay runs 4.5 days, and operating cost runs $19,294 per patient day.
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by provenance class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim. Provenance labels: Reported value is copied from the named public source; Astrelis calculation is a formula applied to unchanged reported inputs, with the formula shown; Illustrative estimate is a benchmark gap, multiplier, or scenario — never a measurement.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
83.4%
Reported value2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
13.37
Reported value2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
16
Reported value2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
1,077
Reported value2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
5 days
Reported value2024
HCRIS WS S-3
Cost per patient day
$19,294
Astrelis calculation2024
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ total patient days (HCRIS WS G-3 / S-3)
Cost per discharge (unadjusted)
$87,439
Astrelis calculation2024
Astrelis calculation — total operating expense ÷ discharges, NOT case-mix adjusted (adjusted discharges are not on the public filing set)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
73.2%
Reported value2024
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).
Illustrative advocacy scenario: what this hospital means to Marathon County
Illustrative estimate · FY24 cost report
Direct annual spending
$94.2M
total operating expense · Reported value, not a local-capture estimate
Economic activity
$216.6M
direct spending × 2.30 · AHA national hospital economic activity report — a national hospital ratio, not a CAH or county figure · Illustrative estimate
Employment and labor income multipliers are from the National Center for Rural Health Works 2016 study of Critical Access Hospital economic impact (IMPLAN Type II, U.S. rural county populations); the economic-activity ratio is from the AHA national hospital economic activity report and describes U.S. hospitals as a whole; it is not a CAH-specific or county-specific figure. Applying any of these to an individual facility is an illustrative advocacy scenario, not a measurement: local capture depends on payroll residency, purchasing patterns, and county economic structure the sources do not observe. This facility is not a critical access hospital, so the NCRHW-derived lines borrow from a different hospital type; the label says so here rather than in the number. Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report. Want a defensible facility-specific figure? Request a Facility Economic Impact Study →
Operating margin vs its peer poolFY24Astrelis calculation
Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY24 pool · n = 437.
Performance Benchmark Report: FY24 peer pool · n = 437 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.
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