As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

ASCENSION ST JOHN HOSPITAL

CMS id: 230165
22101 MOROSS, DETROIT MI 48236. County: WAYNE
System: ASCENSION MICHIGAN
CBSA: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

The 604-bed, acute-care hospital had $-47,526,653 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of -1.91641% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 1.53% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $13,861,864 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	468 118	464 118	462 119.5	465 118	454 119
Total beds Median	618 162	614 162	612 162	615 162	604 163.5
FTEs Median	3,692.09 788.06	3,645.42 793.42	3,419.58 806.03	3,577.26 787.61	4,240.24 804.34

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	787,712,545 150,932,746	804,561,014 158,950,878	830,084,255 168,696,998	813,644,830 163,454,693	902,855,373 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	773,898,280 149,311,209	821,987,664 156,110,414	821,883,073 164,890,568	870,692,446 166,516,854	950,382,026 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	13,814,265 -964,173	-17,426,650 -643,601.5	8,201,182 -116,254	-57,047,616 -5,025,862	-47,526,653 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	1.75% -0.62	-2.17% -0.29	0.99% 0.18	-7.01% -5.07	-5.26% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for ASCENSION ST JOHN HOSPITAL 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	27,834,161 5,089,215	29,494,040 4,572,541	23,446,972 5,268,134	114,975,869 13,092,619	32,970,818 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	2,668,719 224,999	5,868,337 199,009	1,698,620 206,870.5	1,137,751 194,343	5,975,310 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	2,453,300 299,524	1,903,805 188,688.5	1,724,770 370,813	1,178,946 309,361.5	1,748,049 375,329
⊳ 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	154,494	144,813	92,008	138,012	350,889
⊳ Line 13: Revenue from laundry and linen service	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ Line 14: Revenue from meals sold to emplyees and guests	1,857,859	1,764,357	1,653,273	1,459,563	1,135,727
⊳ 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	0	0	0	0	0
⊳ 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	3,255,150	3,082,663	3,111,465	3,113,195	2,762,000
⊳ 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	17,444,639	16,730,065	15,166,836	107,948,402	20,998,843
Total income ? Median	41,648,426 6,586,430	12,067,390 6,767,106	31,648,154 8,419,950	57,928,253 8,094,175	-14,555,835 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	4,749,875 146,289.5	5,031,517 164,857	5,257,647 89,880.5	5,305,935 106,761	3,378,447 31,473.5
Net income Median	36,898,551 6,043,842	7,035,873 5,845,112	26,390,507 7,606,259	52,622,318 7,283,041	-17,934,282 14,957,241
Net margin Median	4.52439% 4.62%	0.84357% 4.42%	3.09192% 5.16%	5.66672% 5.2%	-1.91641% 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 ASCENSION ST JOHN HOSPITAL 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	129,336,628 23,241,334	128,224,544 23,709,545	132,727,702 24,248,380	126,308,654 22,858,541	120,476,732 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	123,355,619 21,577,146	122,810,728 22,041,594	126,811,101 22,722,063	121,299,647 21,570,441	115,293,489 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	2,139,875 1,845,420	1,770,998 1,757,392	1,844,670 1,738,842	1,384,750 1,510,463	1,395,003 1,393,140
⊳ Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) ⊳ Median	3,841,134 3,535,627	3,642,818 3,746,588	4,071,931 3,782,288	3,624,257 3,865,578	3,788,240 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	78,383,255 11,160,864	72,027,685 11,987,345	67,831,453 12,926,866	54,498,698 11,884,480	54,124,518 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	78,383,255 10,918,923	72,027,685 11,706,976	67,831,453 12,615,917	54,498,698 11,458,116	54,124,518 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	21,000,640 3,284,314	22,001,684 3,250,551	24,286,213 3,386,837	24,499,644 3,360,806	23,555,677 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	5,534,738 594,888	5,113,609 595,761	5,150,063 577,894	5,205,619 542,168	4,464,189 549,667
Outlier Median	2,819,383 582,572	3,660,976 538,116	4,104,995 212,434	4,453,624 126,559	1,930,276 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	14,071,536 3,662,910	7,988,759 3,730,911	1,734,986 4,081,319	15,687,066 4,643,908	13,861,864 4,389,147
Charity care Median	1,551,440 2,654,636	5,717,548 2,940,659	4,744,678 3,380,215	5,652,089 3,488,738	6,260,435 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	11,004,556 5,147,790	16,652,560 5,337,617	14,614,617 5,711,082	17,029,022 5,923,418	14,545,636 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	1.42% 3.24	2.03% 3.12	1.78% 3.21	1.96% 3.3	1.53% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	25,076,092 9,489,989	24,641,319 9,424,297	16,349,603 10,120,158	32,716,088 11,171,337	28,407,500 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	259,119,183 52,142,039	264,868,338 54,485,252	266,562,429 57,395,589	292,678,598 58,830,919	304,576,400 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	33.48 36.68	32.22 36.56	32.43 36.37	33.61 35.93	32.05 35.24
Intern, resident salaries* Median	11,904,899 2,598,592	12,106,360 2,686,824	12,709,810 2,753,773	13,175,018 2,937,156	13,609,990 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	2,798,924 1,449,244	1,147,322 1,475,986	297,306 1,563,078	539,450 1,721,954	5,532,485 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	35,781.00 22,725	16,929.00 23,018.5	3,942.00 24,503.48	7,024.22 25,026.5	46,588.46 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	78.22 64.67	67.77 64.53	75.42 65.06	76.80 68.97	118.75 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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