Astrelis
Critical Access Hospital · Lovell, WY

NORTH BIG HORN HOSPITAL DISTRICT

CCN 531309BIG HORN CountyGovernment - Hospital District or Authority14 bedsLatest FY 2025
Cost-report basis
HCRIS · as filed
Not audited by Astrelis
The read

A hospital in Lovell, WY. It ran an operating surplus of 1.0% in FY25 on $30.1M of operating revenue. It held 210 days of cash on hand (71st percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Operating margin improved from -10.3% in FY21 to 1.0% in FY25.

Operating margin · FY25
+1.0%
4.0 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals55th pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
210d
all sources
23.8 days vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals71st pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$30.1M
4.0 $M vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals47th pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+14.9%
12.0 pts vs FY24
vs Critical Access Hospitals79th pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at NORTH BIG HORN HOSPITAL DISTRICT is about $301K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).

Where NORTH BIG HORN 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.

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%NORTH BIG +0.9748989251880424%-20%0%+20%Critical Access Hospital median -0.24974129749702573%NORTH BIG +0.9748989251880424%
One critical access hospitalNORTH BIGCritical 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.

Operating margin
+1.0% (FY25)
Operating income ÷ total operating revenue
HCRIS WS G-3
Total margin
+14.9% (FY25)
Net income ÷ total revenue incl. nonoperating
HCRIS WS G-3
Days cash on hand
210d (FY25)
Cash, investments & board-designated reserves ÷ daily operating expense (excl. depreciation)
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Current ratio
6.23× (FY25)
Total current assets ÷ current liabilities
HCRIS WS G
Equity financing ratio
81% (FY25)
Total net assets ÷ total assets
HCRIS WS G
Days in net patient A/R
51d (FY25)
Net patient receivables ÷ (net patient revenue ÷ 365), same fiscal year
HCRIS WS G / G-3
Medicare inpatient contribution margin
+27.7% (FY24)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
Medicare outpatient contribution margin
+45.6% (FY24)
Full comparison in the CAH Performance Benchmark.
HCRIS cost report · CAH economics engine
$ in thousands
Line itemFY23FY24FY25
Patient revenue24,67225,79329,066
Other operating revenue9393471,061
Total operating revenue25,61126,14030,126
Total operating expenses27,37726,92629,833
Operating income(1,766)(786)294
Operating margin %-6.9%-3.0%+1.0%
Grants & contributions1,090(8)1,095
Investment income201387929
Other non-operating, net1,7551,2112,916
Net income1,2808045,234
Net income %+4.5%+2.9%+14.9%
HCRIS Worksheet G-3 / S-3 · $ thousands · FY21–FY25 · FY20–21 may include COVID-era relief funding in nonoperating income

How it operates

quality & operational context · CMS public reporting

A 14-bed hospital at 10% occupancy where swing beds are 64% of the inpatient business and 69% 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
9.7%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
1.36
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
14
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
163
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.0d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
2.39
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
63.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
69.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
14.4%
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
-10.3%-6.5%-6.9%-3.0%+1.0%FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Days cash on hand
183 days162 days178 days186 days210 daysFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25

The county this hospital serves

BIG HORN County, WY
Median household income
$60.5K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
12.0%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
14.6%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
21.5%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
19.4%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 10.0% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 26.8% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).

What this hospital means to Big Horn County

economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$29.8M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$68.6M
× 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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