As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

PROVIDENCE LTTL CO MARY MC TORRANCE

CMS id: 050353
4101 TORRANCE BLVD, TORRANCE CA 90503. County: LOS ANGELES
System: PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES CORP
CBSA: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

The 442-bed, acute-care hospital had $-94,163,157 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of -21.43433% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 1.38% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $37,664,752 in Medicaid shortfall.

* For more about Net Service to Patients and operating revenue, please the finance section below.

Note: Medians are from acute-care hospitals with "complete" fiscal years. For more about how we calculated medians and cost reports in general, please click here.

Details

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
# of days in fyear	365	365	365	366	365
Ownership	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp	nfp
Acute beds Median	265 118	265 118	265 119.5	265 118	253 119
Total beds Median	442 162	442 162	442 162	442 162	442 163.5
FTEs Median	1,750.55 788.06	1,726.83 793.42	1,724.22 806.03	1,652.04 787.61	1,557.29 804.34

Finances As they appear in worksheet G3 of the cost reports.

Note: Net Patient Revenue is considered operating revenue, which means Net Service to Patients is considered operating profit. Click here for more about cost report financials

Hospital cost reports are an enormously complicated dataset. There are whole organizations and an offical CMS vendor dedicated to helping researchers work with the data.
It's important to understand that hospital financials in cost reports are not organized in the same as other sources such as annual financial reports to bond holders.

The biggest difference is the concept of operating revenue and profit. Net Service to patients (NS2P), which is the sum of net patient revenue minus operating expenses, is considered the equivalent of operating profit according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). See the last paragraph of "Primary Data Sources" on page 55 of Annual Analysis of Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotments to States (PDF).

That would make Net Patient Revenue = operating revenue.

All this makes things challenging when comparing what's reported in cost reports to other sources. It becomes clearer when you consider that, beyond the purpose of reimbursement, cost reports are a tool for policymakers trying to understand the financial situation of a hospital doing the tasks specific to hospitals.

In other words, while a facility with a division that formulates drugs might include earnings from that as operating revenue in their corporate annual result, this is not central to the operations of a hospital caring for patients and so it is counted as "other income." (See below the financials section for more on "other income")

The healthcare consulting firm HMP, in a former partnership with Modern Healthcare, did develop a formula for estimating operating revenue closer to what one might find in other sources. We no longer use this for the following reasons:

The measure was not widely used beyond HMP and Modern Healthcare. Many hospitals had their own internal estimates of operating revenue and profit.
Because of this, there was confusion when reporting operating results for individual hospitals. There was often pushback when a facility's internal numbers did not match what Modern Healthcare was reporting.
The formula includes revenue from portions of the "other income" section, which may also include non-operating revenue. HMP themselves point out in a caveat on their site that they cannot exclude all non-operating revenue from their measure.

HMP's operating measure has proven problematic in the past for our reporting and the partnership with them ended years ago. It's best to not use a measure that we alone cannot defend.

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Net patient revenue ? Median	410,228,843 150,932,746	458,943,019 158,950,878	452,945,353 168,696,998	436,379,185 163,454,693	448,717,699 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	459,755,643 149,311,209	501,573,398 156,110,414	493,834,456 164,890,568	523,642,598 166,516,854	542,880,856 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-49,526,800 -964,173	-42,630,379 -643,601.5	-40,889,103 -116,254	-87,263,413 -5,025,862	-94,163,157 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-12.07% -0.62	-9.29% -0.29	-9.03% 0.18	-20.00% -5.07	-20.98% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for PROVIDENCE LTTL CO MARY MC TORRANCE compared to all** acute-care hospitals, from CMS cost reports.
Note: NS2P is considered operating margin by MACPAC. The chart below is interactive: click or touch to see more.

* Data range does not show outliers, which fall beyond the minimum and maximum of the range.
** From cost reports with complete fiscal years. Number of acute-care hospitals available to calculate medians:

2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
3,157	3,092	3,050	3,052	2,566

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Other income* Median Click here to show/hide details	14,660,924 5,089,215	8,409,858 4,572,541	8,953,936 5,268,134	54,078,766 13,092,619	-1,660,548 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	7,417,528 224,999	2,437,777 199,009	4,487,143 206,870.5	2,177,268 194,343	-7,188,551 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	1,374,880 299,524	538,679 188,688.5	231,503 370,813	473,417 309,361.5	779,297 375,329
⊳ Line 8: Revenue from telephone service	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL	NULL
⊳ Line 9: Revenue from tv and radio	--	--	--	--	--
⊳ Line 10: Purchase discounts	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 11: Rebates and refunds of expenses	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 12: Parking lot receipts	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 13: Revenue from laundry and linen service	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 14: Revenue from meals sold to emplyees and guests	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 15: Revenue from rental of living quarters	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 16: Revenue from sale of medical and surgical supplies	312,421	318,160	203,370	71,495	11,104
⊳ Line 17: Revenue from sale of drugs to other than patients	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 18: Revenue from sale of medical records and abstracts	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	201,006	227,023	184,828	-561	270
⊳ Line 20: Revenue from gifts, flowers, coffee shops, canteen	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 21: Rental of vending machines	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 22: Rental of hospital space	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 23: Gov appropriations ? ⊳ Median	0 1,017,693	0 983,261.5	0 1,173,286	0 1,987,202	0 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	5,355,089	4,888,219	3,847,092	51,357,147	4,737,332
Total income ? Median	-34,865,876 6,586,430	-34,220,521 6,767,106	-31,935,167 8,419,950	-33,184,647 8,094,175	-95,823,705 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	1,400 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	0 31,473.5
Net income Median	-34,867,276 6,043,842	-34,220,521 5,845,112	-31,935,167 7,606,259	-33,184,647 7,283,041	-95,823,705 14,957,241
Net margin Median	-8.20619% 4.62%	-7.32220% 4.42%	-6.91388% 5.16%	-6.76605% 5.2%	-21.43433% 9.25%

* About "Other income": Other income, or line 25 in worksheet G3, is the sum of lines 6 through 24. It includes three lines that are considered non-operating revenue - contributions, investments and government appropriations. Medians are included for these three lines. It also contains items that are not central to providing healthcare, such as revenue from parking or gift shops.
"Sum Line 24" is a special case. Called "Other (specify)" in the cost reports, CMS allows for this line to be "subscripted," or divided into sublines like 002400, 002401, 002402. And hospitals do that, up to 100 lines, to detail income (and sometimes negative returns) that are otherwise not covered in the previous "other" lines. Therefore, "Sum Line 24" is the sum of all the lines 24.

Range* of total profit (loss) margins

= Total margin for PROVIDENCE LTTL CO MARY MC TORRANCE compared to all** acute-care hospitals, from CMS cost reports.
The chart below is interactive: click or touch to see more.

2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
3,157	3,092	3,050	3,052	2,566

Medicare revenue

Inpatient and outpatient revenue

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
All inpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	58,913,524 23,241,334	59,543,430 23,709,545	59,436,057 24,248,380	54,763,730 22,858,541	54,450,110 23,620,613
"All inpatient revenue" is made up of any Medicare payments for routine inpatient, swingbed SNFs, TEFRA, IPF, IRF, inpatient long-term care, CAH and inpatient SNF facilities. Medians are only calculated when there are sufficient facilities reporting revenue.
⊳ Routine inpatient revenue ⊳ Median	56,916,145 21,577,146	56,929,697 22,041,594	55,905,266 22,722,063	50,685,783 21,570,441	50,663,310 22,140,684
⊳ Swingbeds ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act payments (TEFRA) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) ⊳ Median	0 1,845,420	0 1,757,392	0 1,738,842	0 1,510,463	0 1,393,140
⊳ Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) ⊳ Median	0 3,535,627	0 3,746,588	0 3,782,288	0 3,865,578	0 3,983,889
⊳ Long-term care hospital (LTCH) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Critical-access hospitals ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Skilled-nursing facilities (SNF) ⊳ Median	1,997,379 1,203,033	2,613,733 1,215,295	3,530,791 1,313,657	4,077,947 1,365,298	3,786,800 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	23,450,137 11,160,864	24,892,776 11,987,345	25,643,904 12,926,866	21,226,772 11,884,480	15,759,868 13,145,163
"All outpatient revenue" is made up of any payments for routine outpatient, HHA, CMHC, rural health and other federally-qualified health clinics. Medians are only calculated when there are sufficient facilities reporting revenue.
⊳ Routine outpatient revenue ⊳ Median	18,093,452 10,918,923	19,472,126 11,706,976	20,101,042 12,615,917	15,253,295 11,458,116	15,759,868 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	5,356,685 1,282,808	5,420,650 1,407,728	5,542,862 1,341,512	5,973,477 1,407,046	0 1,476,867
⊳ Community mental health clinics (CMHC) ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
⊳ Rural health clinics ⊳ Median	0 618,038	0 697,279	0 690,232	0 684,010	0 670,558
⊳ Other federally qualified health clinics ⊳ Median	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --

Other payments

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Graduate Medical Education (GME) Median	0 3,284,314	0 3,250,551	0 3,386,837	0 3,360,806	0 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	2,502,935 594,888	2,374,198 595,761	2,032,206 577,894	1,949,303 542,168	2,342,388 549,667
Outlier Median	2,374,719 582,572	2,832,103 538,116	186,013 212,434	100,289 126,559	121,803 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	20,663,221 3,662,910	19,698,458 3,730,911	16,053,375 4,081,319	25,980,103 4,643,908	37,664,752 4,389,147
Charity care Median	8,777,711 2,654,636	9,537,149 2,940,659	10,819,106 3,380,215	7,527,564 3,488,738	4,921,966 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	10,237,625 5,147,790	11,005,963 5,337,617	12,857,940 5,711,082	11,144,871 5,923,418	7,490,920 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	2.23% 3.24	2.19% 3.12	2.60% 3.21	2.13% 3.3	1.38% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	30,900,846 9,489,989	30,704,421 9,424,297	28,911,315 10,120,158	37,124,974 11,171,337	45,155,672 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	153,871,359 52,142,039	156,472,607 54,485,252	156,533,221 57,395,589	155,837,772 58,830,919	155,050,124 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	48.96 36.68	46.40 36.56	45.69 36.37	43.73 35.93	43.11 35.24
Intern, resident salaries* Median	0 2,598,592	0 2,686,824	0 2,753,773	0 2,937,156	0 2,909,848
Contract intern, resident salaries* Median	0 1,251,927	0 1,186,494	0 1,204,885	0 1,279,653	0 1,469,317
Contract adjusted salaries, direct-care Median	6,464,468 1,449,244	11,709,292 1,475,986	11,664,595 1,563,078	13,771,326 1,721,954	20,837,280 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	77,560.00 22,725	136,615.00 23,018.5	135,788.00 24,503.48	133,116.00 25,026.5	149,836.00 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	83.35 64.67	85.71 64.53	85.90 65.06	103.45 68.97	139.07 88.94

* in an approved program

Return to top

Cost reports are self-reported by the facility, are subject to revision and should be considered preliminary.

* Net Service to patients (NS2P) equals net patient revenue minus operating expenses. NS2P is considered the equivalent of operating profit according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). See the last paragraph of "Primary Data Sources" on page 55 of Annual Analysis of Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotments to States (PDF).

About medians

Medians are calculated from reports with "complete" fiscal years, or reports with fiscal years of at least 300 days and no more than 420 days.

In cases where there are fewer than 50 values reported, medians are not calculated. For childrens' hospitals, it's when fewer than 20 are reported.

Web app by Tim Broderick | email.