BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER — financial and operating metrics

CCN 220031, BOSTON, MA · Medicare cost reports, FY2020–FY2025

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MetricFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total facility beds availableunverified399428440442412459
Total bed days availableunverified146,034156,220160,600161,330150,792167,535
Total facility dischargesunverified21,75422,66721,56021,87022,89822,603
Total facility inpatient daysunverified134,655143,651152,664155,466146,620149,508
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$2,629,021,998$2,990,506,384$3,156,241,243$3,505,551,477$4,025,679,669$4,633,584,525
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$1,484,743,469$1,825,094,676$1,961,903,201$2,099,259,212$2,490,771,037$2,897,744,653
Net patient revenueunverified$1,144,278,529$1,165,411,708$1,194,338,042$1,406,292,265$1,534,908,632$1,735,839,872
Total operating expensesunverified$1,785,191,127$1,914,243,754$2,131,193,314$2,417,588,966$2,658,352,000$2,992,100,772
Net income from service to patientsunverified$-640,912,598$-748,832,046$-936,855,272$-1,011,296,701$-1,123,443,368$-1,256,260,900
Net incomeunverified$225,103,711$15,447,776$-21,214,000$-70,486,270$-51,609,000$-30,747,597
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$100,234,044$95,621,829$97,923,485$128,152,610$124,040,183$143,928,553
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$34,240,492$31,056,233$27,617,588$37,170,482$43,723,372$51,163,345
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$175,255,724$184,937,649$188,972,635$243,179,156$230,042,545$280,793,193
Cost of charity careunverified$84,356,604$82,216,081$85,990,949$111,461,030$104,616,128$122,077,634
Charges for insured patients' liabilityunverified$956,444$1,439,129$624,327
Operating marginunverified-56.0%-64.3%-78.4%-71.9%-73.2%-72.4%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified67.9%64.0%67.5%69.0%66.0%64.6%
Occupancy rateunverified92.2%92.0%95.1%96.4%97.2%89.2%
Average length of stayunverified6.26.37.17.16.46.6
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified5.6%5.0%4.6%5.3%4.7%4.8%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified48.1%44.5%45.5%45.8%45.5%43.5%
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