As of the July, 2022, release via CMS

HIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER

CMS id: 500011
16251 SYLVESTER RD. SW, SEATTLE WA 98166. County: KING
System: CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES
CBSA: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

The 115-bed, acute-care hospital had $-9,366,884 in net service to patients*, with a total profit margin of 8.95539% in fiscal year 2021, the latest year available.
It spent 3.56% of its operating expenses on uncompensated care and reported $10,553,774 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	95 118	119 118	119 119.5	140 118	105 119
Total beds Median	129 162	129 162	129 162	150 162	115 163.5
FTEs Median	752.23 788.06	697.55 793.42	672.28 806.03	641.42 787.61	603.00 804.34

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	180,566,068 150,932,746	188,121,478 158,950,878	185,045,682 168,696,998	170,755,187 163,454,693	198,715,829 186,589,412
Operating expenses Median	190,155,555 149,311,209	191,736,844 156,110,414	197,243,350 164,890,568	207,293,574 166,516,854	208,082,713 180,120,888
Net income from service 2 patients (NS2P) ? Median	-9,589,487 -964,173	-3,615,366 -643,601.5	-12,197,668 -116,254	-36,538,387 -5,025,862	-9,366,884 -1,284,564
NS2P margin ? Median	-5.31% -0.62	-1.92% -0.29	-6.59% 0.18	-21.40% -5.07	-4.71% -0.88

Range* of Net Service to Patient (NS2P) margins

= NS2P margin for HIGHLINE 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	12,883,335 5,089,215	11,391,446 4,572,541	13,204,480 5,268,134	15,796,747 13,092,619	29,834,451 12,369,236
⊳ Line 6: Contributions ? ⊳ Median	715,810 224,999	475,000 199,009	135,896 206,870.5	202,982 194,343	0 249,496
⊳ Line 7: Investments ? ⊳ Median	1,884,755 299,524	936,562 188,688.5	1,861,765 370,813	887,366 309,361.5	8,810,434 375,329
⊳ 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	627,938	612,783	579,592	453,548	324,748
⊳ 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	84,053	115,832	76,291	49,864	30,524
⊳ Line 21: Rental of vending machines	13,783	18,749	17,580	14,348	1,240
⊳ 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	9,556,996	9,232,520	10,533,356	14,188,639	20,667,505
Total income ? Median	3,293,848 6,586,430	7,776,080 6,767,106	1,006,812 8,419,950	-20,741,640 8,094,175	20,467,567 15,162,888
Non-operating expenses Median	0 146,289.5	0 164,857	0 89,880.5	0 106,761	0 31,473.5
Net income Median	3,293,848 6,043,842	7,776,080 5,845,112	1,006,812 7,606,259	-20,741,640 7,283,041	20,467,567 14,957,241
Net margin Median	1.70269% 4.62%	3.89753% 4.42%	0.50785% 5.16%	-11.11843% 5.2%	8.95539% 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 HIGHLINE 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	23,355,244 23,241,334	25,637,450 23,709,545	23,709,188 24,248,380	21,339,629 22,858,541	22,276,873 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	23,355,244 21,577,146	25,637,450 22,041,594	23,709,188 22,722,063	21,339,629 21,570,441	22,276,873 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	13,968,998 11,160,864	12,816,211 11,987,345	13,545,821 12,926,866	12,438,182 11,884,480	11,999,869 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	12,067,183 10,918,923	12,605,776 11,706,976	13,545,821 12,615,917	12,438,182 11,458,116	11,999,869 12,776,716
⊳ Home Health agencies (HHA) ⊳ Median	1,901,815 1,282,808	210,435 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	1,016,848 594,888	1,060,232 595,761	854,250 577,894	717,735 542,168	886,310 549,667
Outlier Median	1,548,681 582,572	2,564,748 538,116	2,608,644 212,434	506,174 126,559	532,901 139,139

Uncompensated care

Item	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Medicaid shortfall Median	14,881,493 3,662,910	19,019,915 3,730,911	18,619,097 4,081,319	21,516,500 4,643,908	10,553,774 4,389,147
Charity care Median	6,965,444 2,654,636	5,915,206 2,940,659	6,275,275 3,380,215	7,737,236 3,488,738	5,869,383 3,233,405
Uncompensated care (UCC) Median	8,912,720 5,147,790	8,382,428 5,337,617	8,805,825 5,711,082	9,167,160 5,923,418	7,397,744 5,508,107
UCC as a % of operating expenses Median	4.69% 3.24	4.37% 3.12	4.46% 3.21	4.42% 3.3	3.56% 2.86
Total shortfall/UCC Median	23,794,213 9,489,989	27,402,343 9,424,297	27,424,922 10,120,158	30,683,660 11,171,337	17,951,518 10,133,851

Labor costs

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total salaries Median	59,947,041 52,142,039	56,969,965 54,485,252	55,761,163 57,395,589	55,654,527 58,830,919	56,050,121 61,722,907
Salaries as a % of operating expenses Median	31.53 36.68	29.71 36.56	28.27 36.37	26.85 35.93	26.94 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	4,732,196 1,449,244	5,520,682 1,475,986	5,140,854 1,563,078	9,777,155 1,721,954	9,015,419 2,991,828
Contract hours, direct-care Median	74,755.00 22,725	86,370.00 23,018.5	67,825.00 24,503.48	79,318.23 25,026.5	96,325.00 33,786
Contract wages, direct-care Median	63.30 64.67	63.92 64.53	75.80 65.06	123.26 68.97	93.59 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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