PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL — financial and operating metrics

CCN 161357, EMMETSBURG, IA · Medicare cost reports, FY2020–FY2025

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MetricFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total facility beds availableunverified242424242424
Total bed days availableunverified8,7848,7608,7608,7608,7848,760
Total facility dischargesunverified290392448338254277
Total facility inpatient daysunverified1,8232,4302,1381,6911,6971,344
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$40,748,421$43,732,463$47,830,225$46,806,967$48,788,012$54,986,493
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$14,318,495$15,094,241$16,307,494$17,880,838$14,542,952$17,725,565
Net patient revenueunverified$26,429,926$28,638,222$31,522,731$28,926,129$34,245,060$37,260,928
Total operating expensesunverified$27,853,626$30,581,523$32,191,393$33,137,505$33,847,960$35,451,665
Net income from service to patientsunverified$-1,423,700$-1,943,301$-668,662$-4,211,376$397,100$1,809,263
Net incomeunverified$1,299,777$6,945,542$4,281,681$2,370,966$4,430,133$5,632,649
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$266,899$469,846$630,949$415,097$886,235$834,537
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$222,972$497,871$684,189$513,574$1,056,564$1,109,660
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$225,706$228,570$276,311$172,872$224,072$162,643
Cost of charity careunverified$158,363$156,828$209,307$118,148$191,656$140,771
Operating marginunverified-5.4%-6.8%-2.1%-14.6%1.2%4.9%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified68.4%69.9%67.3%70.8%69.4%64.5%
Occupancy rateunverified20.8%27.7%24.4%19.3%19.3%15.3%
Average length of stayunverified6.36.24.85.06.74.9
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified1.0%1.5%2.0%1.3%2.6%2.4%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified70.2%68.6%75.8%68.3%85.5%86.6%
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