As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

SOUTH COAST GLOBAL MEDICAL CENTER

CMS id: 050747
2710 SOUTH BRISTOL STREET, SANTA ANA CA 82701. County: ORANGE
System: KPC HEALTHCARE LLC
CBSA: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

The 178-bed, acute-care hospital had $-12,622,536 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of -18.95123% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 3.24% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $14,033,941 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	forprofit	forprofit	forprofit	forprofit	forprofit
Acute beds Median	100 118	91 118	100 119.5	100 118	100 119
Total beds Median	178 162	169 162	178 162	178 162	178 163.5
FTEs Median	375.50 788.06	379.11 793.42	374.95 806.03	457.90 787.61	349.54 804.34

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	54,773,069 150,932,746	56,568,167 158,950,878	57,023,898 168,696,998	55,227,406 163,454,693	51,511,721 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	58,379,814 149,311,209	63,570,339 156,110,414	65,648,221 164,890,568	65,047,755 166,516,854	64,134,257 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-3,606,745 -964,173	-7,002,172 -643,601.5	-8,624,323 -116,254	-9,820,349 -5,025,862	-12,622,536 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-6.58% -0.62	-12.38% -0.29	-15.12% 0.18	-17.78% -5.07	-24.50% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for SOUTH COAST GLOBAL MEDICAL CENTER 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	239,226 5,089,215	153,772 4,572,541	153,620 5,268,134	2,065,538 13,092,619	2,404,710 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	0 224,999	0 199,009	0 206,870.5	0 194,343	90,000 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	0 299,524	0 188,688.5	0 370,813	0 309,361.5	0 375,329
⊳ 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	518	0	759	0	340
⊳ 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	129,355	114,977	111,167	92,493	71,645
⊳ Line 15: Revenue from rental of living quarters	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 16: Revenue from sale of medical and surgical supplies	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ 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	12,255	18,322	7,310	4,550	3,478
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ 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	22,356	17,107	31,429	1,967,254	2,237,523
Total income ? Median	-3,367,519 6,586,430	-6,848,400 6,767,106	-8,470,703 8,419,950	-7,754,811 8,094,175	-10,217,826 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	0 31,473.5
Net income Median	-3,367,519 6,043,842	-6,848,400 5,845,112	-8,470,703 7,606,259	-7,754,811 7,283,041	-10,217,826 14,957,241
Net margin Median	-6.12139% 4.62%	-12.07364% 4.42%	-14.81474% 5.16%	-13.53537% 5.2%	-18.95123% 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 SOUTH COAST GLOBAL MEDICAL CENTER 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	11,849,218 23,241,334	12,732,052 23,709,545	14,144,359 24,248,380	11,837,139 22,858,541	10,252,319 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	5,956,333 21,577,146	6,618,136 22,041,594	7,274,036 22,722,063	5,671,199 21,570,441	4,857,567 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	5,680,144 1,845,420	6,074,206 1,757,392	6,778,445 1,738,842	6,126,017 1,510,463	5,246,037 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	212,741 1,203,033	39,710 1,215,295	91,878 1,313,657	39,923 1,365,298	148,715 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	607,355 11,160,864	464,417 11,987,345	368,450 12,926,866	327,344 11,884,480	245,793 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	607,355 10,918,923	464,417 11,706,976	368,450 12,615,917	327,344 11,458,116	245,793 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	0 1,282,808	0 1,407,728	0 1,341,512	0 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	481,505 594,888	639,855 595,761	608,056 577,894	464,174 542,168	501,647 549,667
Outlier Median	395,582 582,572	47,012 538,116	1,122,603 212,434	18,470 126,559	22,891 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	11,618,918 3,662,910	15,595,228 3,730,911	17,627,709 4,081,319	8,217,633 4,643,908	14,033,941 4,389,147
Charity care Median	176,453 2,654,636	216,658 2,940,659	49,615 3,380,215	206,941 3,488,738	44,696 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	1,554,383 5,147,790	1,724,128 5,337,617	1,640,538 5,711,082	2,090,926 5,923,418	2,081,014 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	2.66% 3.24	2.71% 3.12	2.50% 3.21	3.21% 3.3	3.24% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	13,173,301 9,489,989	17,319,356 9,424,297	19,268,247 10,120,158	10,308,559 11,171,337	16,114,955 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	28,484,506 52,142,039	29,572,683 54,485,252	30,419,725 57,395,589	29,856,491 58,830,919	27,631,327 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	48.79 36.68	46.52 36.56	46.34 36.37	45.90 35.93	43.08 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	389,586 1,449,244	401,620 1,475,986	625,547 1,563,078	1,125,783 1,721,954	1,240,815 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	4,330.67 22,725	4,399.18 23,018.5	12,141.85 24,503.48	17,145.99 25,026.5	15,510.80 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	89.96 64.67	91.29 64.53	51.52 65.06	65.66 68.97	80.00 88.94

* in an approved program

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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.

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