As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER

CMS id: 310058
230 EAST RIDGEWOOD AVENUE, PARAMUS NJ 7652. County: BERGEN
System: --
CBSA: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

The 1,020-bed, acute-care hospital had $-88,257,869 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 0.92250% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 14.04% 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	gov	gov	gov	gov	gov
Acute beds Median	118 118	118 118	118 119.5	118 118	118 119
Total beds Median	1,020 162	1,020 162	1,020 162	1,020 162	1,020 163.5
FTEs Median	1,767.84 788.06	1,769.00 793.42	1,793.00 806.03	1,692.00 787.61	1,661.00 804.34

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	565,859,241 150,932,746	178,188,858 158,950,878	155,464,526 168,696,998	157,635,087 163,454,693	188,683,502 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	230,524,800 149,311,209	221,161,501 156,110,414	228,221,501 164,890,568	253,501,492 166,516,854	276,941,371 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	335,334,441 -964,173	-42,972,643 -643,601.5	-72,756,975 -116,254	-95,866,405 -5,025,862	-88,257,869 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	59.26% -0.62	-24.12% -0.29	-46.80% 0.18	-60.82% -5.07	-46.78% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for BERGEN NEW BRIDGE 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	0 5,089,215	0 4,572,541	0 5,268,134	97,470,349 13,092,619	90,930,655 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	0 224,999	0 199,009	0 206,870.5	0 194,343	0 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	0 299,524	0 188,688.5	0 370,813	232,262 309,361.5	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	0	0	0	150,007	185,321
⊳ 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	438,511	496,427
⊳ 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	391	217
⊳ Line 19: Tuition (fees, sale of textbooks, uniforms, etc.)	0	0	0	444,760	620,833
⊳ 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	155,931	150,674
⊳ Line 23: Gov appropriations ? ⊳ Median	0 1,017,693	0 983,261.5	0 1,173,286	18,904,375 1,987,202	64,375,699 1,597,664
⊳ Sum Line 24	--	--	--	77,144,112	25,101,484
Total income ? Median	335,334,441 6,586,430	-42,972,643 6,767,106	-72,756,975 8,419,950	1,603,944 8,094,175	2,672,786 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	93,338 31,473.5
Net income Median	335,334,441 6,043,842	-42,972,643 5,845,112	-72,756,975 7,606,259	1,603,944 7,283,041	2,579,448 14,957,241
Net margin Median	59.26111% 4.62%	-24.11635% 4.42%	-46.79973% 5.16%	0.62874% 5.2%	0.92250% 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 BERGEN NEW BRIDGE 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	31,453,574 23,241,334	28,326,922 23,709,545	24,275,439 24,248,380	20,372,269 22,858,541	23,022,777 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	10,335,041 21,577,146	11,002,911 22,041,594	7,788,437 22,722,063	7,637,194 21,570,441	9,622,739 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	15,728,456 1,845,420	13,170,727 1,757,392	13,054,934 1,738,842	9,029,046 1,510,463	10,466,164 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	5,390,077 1,203,033	4,153,284 1,215,295	3,432,068 1,313,657	3,706,029 1,365,298	2,933,874 1,179,746
All outpatient revenue Median Click here to show/hide details	2,584,665 11,160,864	2,259,073 11,987,345	2,212,492 12,926,866	1,406,689 11,884,480	2,354,412 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	2,584,665 10,918,923	2,259,073 11,706,976	2,212,492 12,615,917	1,406,689 11,458,116	2,354,412 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	741,009 3,284,314	617,120 3,250,551	533,771 3,386,837	631,430 3,360,806	661,749 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	932,282 594,888	819,944 595,761	601,727 577,894	504,787 542,168	389,774 549,667
Outlier Median	25,554 582,572	13,529 538,116	16,123 212,434	5,487 126,559	10,961 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	0 3,662,910	9,990,313 3,730,911	0 4,081,319	0 4,643,908	0 4,389,147
Charity care Median	6,445,699 2,654,636	47,907,476 2,940,659	46,644,415 3,380,215	33,720,012 3,488,738	33,514,253 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	11,188,151 5,147,790	52,571,433 5,337,617	51,366,124 5,711,082	37,329,300 5,923,418	38,883,670 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	4.85% 3.24	23.77% 3.12	22.51% 3.21	14.73% 3.3	14.04% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	11,188,151 9,489,989	62,561,746 9,424,297	51,366,124 10,120,158	37,329,300 11,171,337	38,883,670 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	107,290,971 52,142,039	114,750,382 54,485,252	121,447,979 57,395,589	122,596,999 58,830,919	123,065,976 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	46.54 36.68	51.89 36.56	53.21 36.37	45.99 35.93	44.61 35.24
Intern, resident salaries* Median	2,555,101 2,598,592	2,665,050 2,686,824	2,636,495 2,753,773	2,719,655 2,937,156	2,732,604 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	208,310 1,449,244	0 1,475,986	0 1,563,078	0 1,721,954	0 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	9,204.00 22,725	0.00 23,018.5	0.00 24,503.48	0.00 25,026.5	0.00 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	22.63 64.67	0.00 64.53	0.00 65.06	0.00 68.97	0.00 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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