As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

BAPTIST HEALTH LEXINGTON

CMS id: 180103
1740 NICHOLASVILLE RD, LEXINGTON KY 40503. County: FAYETTE
System: BAPTIST HEALTH
CBSA: Lexington-Fayette, KY

The 434-bed, acute-care hospital had $66,525,491 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 14.04524% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 0.54% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $0 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	316 118	339 118	339 119.5	350 118	382 119
Total beds Median	360 162	391 162	391 162	402 162	434 163.5
FTEs Median	2,247.64 788.06	2,199.61 793.42	2,243.74 806.03	2,299.71 787.61	2,396.25 804.34

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	528,053,319 150,932,746	537,499,223 158,950,878	599,625,291 168,696,998	599,554,338 163,454,693	732,533,744 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	511,694,456 149,311,209	482,002,729 156,110,414	559,866,799 164,890,568	599,312,150 166,516,854	666,008,253 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	16,358,863 -964,173	55,496,494 -643,601.5	39,758,492 -116,254	242,188 -5,025,862	66,525,491 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	3.10% -0.62	10.32% -0.29	6.63% 0.18	0.04% -5.07	9.08% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for BAPTIST HEALTH LEXINGTON 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	12,480,080 5,089,215	22,167,609 4,572,541	26,266,463 5,268,134	31,719,624 13,092,619	42,944,066 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	0 224,999	192,517 199,009	13,500 206,870.5	4,200 194,343	67,323 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	0 299,524	2,973,074 188,688.5	49,526 370,813	9,056 309,361.5	15,066 375,329
⊳ 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	2,059,542	2,167,155	1,779,080	1,681,210
⊳ 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	6,212,446	13,645,437	18,049,634	28,319,595
⊳ Line 18: Revenue from sale of medical records and abstracts	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	0	0	16,910	5,514	0
⊳ Line 20: Revenue from gifts, flowers, coffee shops, canteen	0	955,495	964,390	1,560,944	1,439,533
⊳ Line 21: Rental of vending machines	0	0	79,313	69,591	57,498
⊳ Line 22: Rental of hospital space	0	5,808,999	5,698,822	6,621,333	7,523,706
⊳ 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	12,480,080	3,965,536	3,631,410	3,620,272	3,840,135
Total income ? Median	28,838,943 6,586,430	77,664,103 6,767,106	66,024,955 8,419,950	31,961,812 8,094,175	109,469,557 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	42,955,341 164,857	34,505 89,880.5	0 106,761	551,821 31,473.5
Net income Median	28,838,943 6,043,842	34,708,762 5,845,112	65,990,450 7,606,259	31,961,812 7,283,041	108,917,736 14,957,241
Net margin Median	5.33527% 4.62%	6.20168% 4.42%	10.54343% 5.16%	5.06307% 5.2%	14.04524% 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 BAPTIST HEALTH LEXINGTON 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	79,665,600 23,241,334	77,377,509 23,709,545	77,457,329 24,248,380	74,249,358 22,858,541	74,716,233 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	79,665,600 21,577,146	77,377,509 22,041,594	77,457,329 22,722,063	74,249,358 21,570,441	74,716,233 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	0 1,203,033	0 1,215,295	0 1,313,657	0 1,365,298	0 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	40,722,151 11,160,864	44,528,072 11,987,345	47,213,595 12,926,866	44,281,253 11,884,480	51,964,108 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	40,722,151 10,918,923	44,528,072 11,706,976	47,213,595 12,615,917	44,281,253 11,458,116	51,964,108 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	276,341 3,284,314	375,898 3,250,551	458,991 3,386,837	463,159 3,360,806	437,523 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	1,870,082 594,888	2,041,763 595,761	1,982,056 577,894	1,939,726 542,168	2,192,597 549,667
Outlier Median	10,435,417 582,572	8,472,176 538,116	7,350,432 212,434	948,236 126,559	922,797 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	0 3,662,910	0 3,730,911	0 4,081,319	0 4,643,908	0 4,389,147
Charity care Median	1,672,461 2,654,636	973,464 2,940,659	4,472,083 3,380,215	4,176,578 3,488,738	2,100,874 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	5,168,771 5,147,790	3,622,172 5,337,617	6,426,178 5,711,082	6,985,769 5,923,418	3,584,944 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	1.01% 3.24	0.75% 3.12	1.15% 3.21	1.17% 3.3	0.54% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	5,168,771 9,489,989	3,622,172 9,424,297	6,426,178 10,120,158	6,985,769 11,171,337	3,584,944 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	139,908,341 52,142,039	140,557,819 54,485,252	145,212,392 57,395,589	153,679,991 58,830,919	163,805,297 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	30.28 36.68	29.16 36.56	27.86 36.37	27.99 35.93	26.74 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	225,571 1,186,494	234,222 1,204,885	182,707 1,279,653	323,928 1,469,317
Contract adjusted salaries, direct-care Median	0 1,449,244	93,686 1,475,986	1,011,335 1,563,078	2,039,220 1,721,954	2,995,450 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	0.00 22,725	1,578.00 23,018.5	14,590.13 24,503.48	33,725.00 25,026.5	42,495.11 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	0.00 64.67	59.37 64.53	69.32 65.06	60.47 68.97	70.49 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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