CHRISTUS OCHSNER LAKE AREA HOSPITAL — financial and operating metrics

CCN 190201, LAKE CHARLES, LA · Medicare cost reports, FY2020–FY2025

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MetricFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total facility beds availableunverified108108108888888
Total bed days availableunverified39,52839,42039,42032,12032,20832,120
Total facility dischargesunverified2,1641,6061,9852,1032,1162,066
Total facility inpatient daysunverified9,3687,2448,5939,12710,0429,010
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$467,889,940$429,059,522$560,858,924$658,609,958$738,318,047$853,206,404
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$406,253,127$371,854,375$490,234,784$577,052,453$651,972,329$758,378,828
Net patient revenueunverified$61,636,813$57,205,147$70,624,140$81,557,505$86,345,718$94,827,576
Total operating expensesunverified$66,103,526$62,085,581$71,325,429$79,774,695$80,934,317$97,360,025
Net income from service to patientsunverified$-4,466,713$-4,880,434$-701,289$1,782,810$5,411,401$-2,532,449
Net incomeunverified$-2,866,534$-191,512$-719,328$2,781,553$7,310,619$-1,010,748
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$2,854,303$1,906,911$2,100,561$2,001,240$2,405,293$3,838,320
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$4,975,476$2,565,511$2,032,001$1,231,057$1,888,151$4,286,109
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$10,676,249$5,870,900$7,659,255$7,407,770$11,294,188$16,687,798
Cost of charity careunverified$2,130,058$1,501,340$1,815,661$1,834,016$2,173,224$3,337,024
Charges for insured patients' liabilityunverified$369,296$1,234,487
Operating marginunverified-7.2%-8.5%-1.0%2.2%6.3%-2.7%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified14.1%14.5%12.7%12.1%11.0%11.4%
Occupancy rateunverified23.7%18.4%21.8%28.4%31.2%28.1%
Average length of stayunverified4.34.54.34.34.74.4
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified4.3%3.1%2.9%2.5%3.0%3.9%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified20.0%25.6%23.7%24.8%19.2%20.0%
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