HIGH DESERT HOSPICE
Average daily census: 282 in FY2025. Hospice Care Index: 9 in FY2025. Operating margin: +25.1% in FY2025, the 89th percentile of 3,640 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Total days of care: 113,124 days in FY2025. Days cash on hand: 12 days in FY2025, the 34th percentile of 2,937 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Total operating revenue: $19.3M in FY2025, the 93rd percentile of 3,645 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Total margin (including nonoperating): +28.7% in FY2025, the 89th percentile of 3,641 hospices in the FY2025 pool. Figures as filed; not audited by Astrelis.
A hospice in Albuquerque, NM. It ran an operating surplus of 25.1% in FY25 on $19.3M of operating revenue. It held 12 days of cash on hand (34th percentile of 2,937 hospices on liquidity, FY25 pool). 6 reporting years are on file, but revenue scale shifts too much between them for a comparable trend, so trend context is limited. It carries an average daily census of 282.
Where HIGH DESERT HOSPICE sits among hospices
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 3,640 of 3,944 filedEach point is one hospice in the national FY25 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 hospice FY25 median is -0.8%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gatedRatios tell you how this hospice 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.
| Line item | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient revenue | 14,330 | 17,838 | 19,258 |
| Total operating revenue | 14,330 | 17,838 | 19,258 |
| Total operating expenses | 9,840 | 12,498 | 14,421 |
| Operating income | 4,490 | 5,340 | 4,836 |
| Operating margin % | +31.3% | +29.9% | +25.1% |
| Other non-operating, net | 385 | 319 | 969 |
| Net income | 4,875 | 5,659 | 5,805 |
| Net income % | +33.1% | +31.2% | +28.7% |
How it operates
quality & operational context · CMS public reportingThe metrics this hospice 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.
Trajectory
The county this hospice serves
25.1% operating margin — 89th percentile of 3,640 peers (FY25 pool).
What changed, what matters, and what your board should ask — every figure sourced to the public record.
Reserve The Board Briefing →How we calculated this
Operating margin vs its peer pool: FY25 pool · n = 3,640.
Performance Benchmark Report: FY25 peer pool · n = 3,640 · conservative low band; acuity limits stated in the report.
The Board Briefing
Your facility and its world in 35+ board-ready pages, every measure benchmarked against its same-year peers.
Hospice Performance Benchmark
Per-patient-day economics and care-level mix against matched peers. Directional; acuity limits stated.
Portfolio Performance Review
A roster-priced triage of the per-facility benchmarks: every facility on your roster, benchmarked and sorted. Requires only a CCN roster.
Cite this page
release 2321a4fc37a7 · 2026-10-22Astrelis Atlas, "High Desert Hospice", https://astrelis.co/providers/hospice/321572, release 2321a4fc37a7 (2026-10-22). Figures as filed in the named public sources; not audited by Astrelis.
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