As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

CMS id: 420067
955 S. RIBAUT ROAD, BEAUFORT SC 29902. County: BEAUFORT
System: --
CBSA: Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC

The 195-bed, acute-care hospital had $-5,679,142 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 4.59547% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 3.25% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $233,282 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	155 118	155 118	155 119.5	155 118	155 119
Total beds Median	195 162	195 162	195 162	195 162	195 163.5
FTEs Median	1,524.28 788.06	1,417.78 793.42	1,411.92 806.03	1,334.67 787.61	1,440.46 804.34

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	207,135,135 150,932,746	222,285,821 158,950,878	235,421,148 168,696,998	235,315,724 163,454,693	261,219,680 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	220,806,135 149,311,209	218,865,214 156,110,414	228,175,153 164,890,568	239,642,975 166,516,854	266,898,822 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-13,671,000 -964,173	3,420,607 -643,601.5	7,245,995 -116,254	-4,327,251 -5,025,862	-5,679,142 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-6.60% -0.62	1.54% -0.29	3.08% 0.18	-1.84% -5.07	-2.17% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for BEAUFORT MEMORIAL 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	3,602,198 5,089,215	4,410,297 4,572,541	8,249,817 5,268,134	9,430,936 13,092,619	18,535,206 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	479,367 224,999	287,773 199,009	451,346 206,870.5	1,039,795 194,343	803,741 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	123,933 299,524	680,095 188,688.5	1,709,579 370,813	1,610,802 309,361.5	32,849 375,329
⊳ 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	1,033,167	957,071	964,643	766,445	673,265
⊳ 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	178,628	167,019	147,146	81,088	135,142
⊳ 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	1,787,103	2,318,339	4,977,103	5,932,806	16,890,209
Total income ? Median	-10,068,802 6,586,430	7,830,904 6,767,106	15,495,812 8,419,950	5,103,685 8,094,175	12,856,064 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	261,119 164,857	-166,801 89,880.5	0 106,761	0 31,473.5
Net income Median	-10,068,802 6,043,842	7,569,785 5,845,112	15,662,613 7,606,259	5,103,685 7,283,041	12,856,064 14,957,241
Net margin Median	-4.77789% 4.62%	3.33918% 4.42%	6.42777% 5.16%	2.08529% 5.2%	4.59547% 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 BEAUFORT MEMORIAL 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	34,623,147 23,241,334	35,049,931 23,709,545	36,801,131 24,248,380	36,151,358 22,858,541	33,807,330 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	32,018,026 21,577,146	31,003,597 22,041,594	33,158,559 22,722,063	32,793,265 21,570,441	30,770,214 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	292,562 1,845,420	319,083 1,757,392	309,452 1,738,842	118,671 1,510,463	181,112 1,393,140
⊳ Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) ⊳ Median	2,312,559 3,535,627	3,727,251 3,746,588	3,333,120 3,782,288	3,239,422 3,865,578	2,856,004 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	22,740,193 11,160,864	29,977,877 11,987,345	31,995,437 12,926,866	29,649,424 11,884,480	30,409,608 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	22,740,193 10,918,923	29,977,877 11,706,976	31,995,437 12,615,917	29,649,424 11,458,116	30,409,608 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	596,757 594,888	454,251 595,761	577,806 577,894	683,805 542,168	623,982 549,667
Outlier Median	790,886 582,572	631,918 538,116	341,827 212,434	168,200 126,559	193,269 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	0 3,662,910	167,998 3,730,911	172,082 4,081,319	162,768 4,643,908	233,282 4,389,147
Charity care Median	8,631,200 2,654,636	4,500,445 2,940,659	1,354,621 3,380,215	2,532,096 3,488,738	938,989 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	17,111,789 5,147,790	12,409,419 5,337,617	10,137,967 5,711,082	10,233,068 5,923,418	8,665,586 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	7.75% 3.24	5.67% 3.12	4.44% 3.21	4.27% 3.3	3.25% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	17,111,789 9,489,989	12,577,417 9,424,297	10,310,049 10,120,158	10,395,836 11,171,337	8,898,868 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	92,698,791 52,142,039	88,501,293 54,485,252	91,058,431 57,395,589	98,842,159 58,830,919	105,641,468 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	41.98 36.68	40.44 36.56	39.91 36.37	41.25 35.93	39.58 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	1,119,917 1,449,244	902,078 1,475,986	1,613,062 1,563,078	3,584,102 1,721,954	3,584,102 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	21,715.16 22,725	15,393.31 23,018.5	23,260.00 24,503.48	79,852.23 25,026.5	79,852.23 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	51.57 64.67	58.60 64.53	69.35 65.06	44.88 68.97	44.88 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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