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Hmm...sniff test sampling: - HCA[1]: FY25 profit margin = 9.0% - UHS[2]: FY25 profit margin = 8.6% - THC[3]: FY25 profit margin = 6.6% Yeah, a bit of disagg
by metaphor 7mo ago
Hmm...sniff test sampling:
- HCA[1]: FY25 profit margin = 9.0%
- UHS[2]: FY25 profit margin = 8.6%
- THC[3]: FY25 profit margin = 6.6%
Yeah, a bit of disaggregation is likely needed here, but in these companies, labor expense as a percentage of revenue is on a declining YoY trend while revenue continues to grow.
What's the prevailing ballpark ratio of doctors to all other hospital staff again? And what details are buried in that ever so opaque and increasing "other operating expenses" line item?
[1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312526044769/hca-20251231.htm#consolidated_income_statements https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/0001193125260...
[2] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000119312526071676/uhs-20251231.htm#consolidated_statements_income https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/0001193125260...
[3] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/000007031826000012/thc-20251231.htm#ib0d5508fe995458a97eef9b8616933b4_238 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/70318/00000703182600...
- rayiner 7mo agoHere’s industry wide stats for hospitals: https://www.chartis.com/insights/hospital-margins-trend-higher-looming-disruption-demands-strategic-decisions https://www.chartis.com/insights/hospital-margins-trend-high.... Median hospital operating margin is 1.5% in 2024. Even among the top 50 systems, the median is 2.3%. https://hospitalogy.com/articles/2025-05-29/top-50-health-system-nonprofit-operating-margin-performance-2024/ https://hospitalogy.com/articles/2025-05-29/top-50-health-sy...
- metaphor 7mo agoThe median US hospital is also a nonprofit; indeed, more than half are. I fail to see how focusing on this opaque median measure tells us anything meaningful. Care to speculate on the trends I pointed out? I simply don't see how compensation for doctors is the problem.