ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON — financial and operating metrics

CCN 241357, FOSSTON, MN · Medicare cost reports, FY2020–FY2025

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MetricFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Total facility beds availableunverified252525252525
Total bed days availableunverified9,1509,1259,1259,1259,1509,125
Total facility dischargesunverified351346318206270291
Total facility inpatient daysunverified1,4181,9511,3441,1021,4291,285
Total patient revenue (gross charges)unverified$42,925,328$46,426,065$44,879,461$47,314,817$49,787,048$55,340,643
Contractual allowances and discountsunverified$15,834,078$17,248,785$15,732,472$16,963,399$18,649,539$22,594,144
Net patient revenueunverified$27,091,250$29,177,280$29,146,989$30,351,418$31,137,509$32,746,499
Total operating expensesunverified$26,455,644$26,273,049$29,627,189$29,864,649$29,911,185$31,483,433
Net income from service to patientsunverified$635,606$2,904,231$-480,200$486,769$1,226,324$1,263,066
Net incomeunverified$3,420,082$5,289,897$-493,597$2,470,067$4,359,402$4,619,501
Cost of uncompensated careunverified$658,524$295,839$404,815$737,040$356,147$717,664
Total facility bad debt expenseunverified$361,274$375,003$400,647$410,728$426,102$747,339
Charity care charges and uninsured discountsunverified$590,281$302,033$296,197$679,427$158,659$414,661
Cost of charity careunverified$425,939$83,218$135,452$468,795$95,045$268,999
Charges for insured patients' liabilityunverified$23,697$3,788
Operating marginunverified2.3%10.0%-1.6%1.6%3.9%3.9%
Overall cost-to-charge ratiounverified61.6%56.6%66.0%63.1%60.1%56.9%
Occupancy rateunverified15.5%21.4%14.7%12.1%15.6%14.1%
Average length of stayunverified4.05.64.25.35.34.4
Uncompensated care as % of operating expenseunverified2.5%1.1%1.4%2.5%1.2%2.3%
Charity care cost-to-charge ratiounverified72.2%27.6%45.7%69.0%59.9%64.9%
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