As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

LAS PALMAS MEDICAL CENTER

CMS id: 450107
1801 NORTH OREGON, EL PASO TX 79902. County: EL PASO
System: HCA
CBSA: El Paso, TX

The 596-bed, acute-care hospital had $193,623,407 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 32.51015% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 9.78% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $2,318,561 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	375 118	377 118	382 119.5	375 118	375 119
Total beds Median	563 162	559 162	577 162	596 162	596 163.5
FTEs Median	2,287.31 788.06	2,242.15 793.42	2,202.54 806.03	2,173.48 787.61	1,990.48 804.34

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	472,415,144 150,932,746	470,227,675 158,950,878	478,704,161 168,696,998	539,586,841 163,454,693	584,648,794 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	377,253,237 149,311,209	359,925,538 156,110,414	347,474,383 164,890,568	392,309,877 166,516,854	391,025,387 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	95,161,907 -964,173	110,302,137 -643,601.5	131,229,778 -116,254	147,276,964 -5,025,862	193,623,407 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	20.14% -0.62	23.46% -0.29	27.41% 0.18	27.29% -5.07	33.12% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for LAS PALMAS 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	888,918 5,089,215	2,008,729 4,572,541	2,489,910 5,268,134	6,464,038 13,092,619	-5,264,763 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	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	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	854,454	1,455,751	1,150,016	-843,429
⊳ 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	32,806	48,375	30,292	-23,567
⊳ 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	888,918	1,121,469	985,784	5,283,730	-4,397,767
Total income ? Median	96,050,825 6,586,430	112,310,866 6,767,106	133,719,688 8,419,950	153,741,002 8,094,175	188,358,644 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	62 164,857	32 89,880.5	1 106,761	49 31,473.5
Net income Median	96,050,825 6,043,842	112,310,804 5,845,112	133,719,656 7,606,259	153,741,001 7,283,041	188,358,595 14,957,241
Net margin Median	20.29368% 4.62%	23.78275% 4.42%	27.78913% 5.16%	28.15507% 5.2%	32.51015% 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 LAS PALMAS 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	78,479,171 23,241,334	72,223,141 23,709,545	68,774,158 24,248,380	68,174,562 22,858,541	71,737,920 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	66,669,750 21,577,146	61,125,332 22,041,594	61,004,841 22,722,063	61,388,991 21,570,441	64,626,965 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	11,809,421 3,535,627	11,097,809 3,746,588	7,769,317 3,782,288	6,785,571 3,865,578	7,110,955 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	13,518,550 11,160,864	11,960,922 11,987,345	11,433,177 12,926,866	10,574,859 11,884,480	9,460,998 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	13,518,550 10,918,923	11,960,922 11,706,976	11,433,177 12,615,917	10,574,859 11,458,116	9,460,998 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	125,039 3,250,551	1,463,824 3,386,837	3,593,248 3,360,806	5,002,696 3,508,953
Disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) Median	3,439,043 594,888	3,136,419 595,761	2,706,629 577,894	2,414,082 542,168	1,922,430 549,667
Outlier Median	2,110,257 582,572	2,111,628 538,116	1,376,091 212,434	385,385 126,559	660,415 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	1,558,201 3,662,910	1,256,682 3,730,911	1,304,440 4,081,319	2,445,002 4,643,908	2,318,561 4,389,147
Charity care Median	37,996,170 2,654,636	35,917,772 2,940,659	38,511,987 3,380,215	37,229,587 3,488,738	34,039,258 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	45,194,970 5,147,790	42,538,201 5,337,617	44,222,767 5,711,082	42,555,898 5,923,418	38,241,207 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	11.98% 3.24	11.82% 3.12	12.73% 3.21	10.85% 3.3	9.78% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	46,753,171 9,489,989	43,794,883 9,424,297	45,527,207 10,120,158	45,000,900 11,171,337	40,559,768 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	139,285,808 52,142,039	139,837,959 54,485,252	140,315,479 57,395,589	142,847,553 58,830,919	139,010,054 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	36.92 36.68	38.85 36.56	40.38 36.37	36.37 35.93	35.51 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	197,014 1,186,494	1,249,806 1,204,885	2,837,634 1,279,653	0 1,469,317
Contract adjusted salaries, direct-care Median	6,519,954 1,449,244	6,792,406 1,475,986	6,459,352 1,563,078	9,680,047 1,721,954	21,425,663 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	108,791.00 22,725	109,368.20 23,018.5	170,357.80 24,503.48	242,062.00 25,026.5	197,139.35 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	59.93 64.67	62.11 64.53	37.92 65.06	39.99 68.97	108.68 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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