HCRIS
Cost Report · CCN 190201 · FY 2025

LAKE AREA MEDICAL CENTER

LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605 · Fiscal year ending 2025-06-30

Acute Care Hospitals488 beds⚠ Distress flaggedSystem: lake area
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$94.8M
TOTAL REVENUES
−$1.0M
NET INCOME
-1.1%
OPERATING MARGIN
2,066
DISCHARGES
01 — FINANCIAL

Financial summary

Total revenues
$94.8M
Total costs
$97.4M
Net income
−$1.0M
Operating margin
-1.1%
Total charges
$713.9M
Medicare charges
Medicaid charges
Charity care charges
$16.7M
Uncompensated care
$3.8M
Bad debt
$215K
Total assets
$64.5M
Total liabilities
−$33.6M
Fund balance
$98.0M
02 — UTILIZATION

Utilization

Total beds
88
Bed days available
32,120
Total inpatient days
9,010
Medicare inpatient days
388
Medicaid inpatient days
45
Total outpatient visits
Total discharges
2,066
Total FTEs
Inpatient residents
Outpatient residents
03 — HISTORY

Latest filing

Fiscal yearDischargesRevenueNet incomeMargin
2025-06-302,066$94.8M−$1.0M-1.1%
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03b — TREND CHART

Revenue, costs, and net income by fiscal year

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DISTRESS RADAR

Risk signals detected

Auto-flagged from 3-year trend on margin, volume, and bad debt

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04 — PEER BENCHMARK

Peer cohort — LA Acute Care Hospitals

32 hospitals filing FY2025

Median operating margin
2.3%
25th percentile margin
-6.8%
75th percentile margin
10.4%
Median discharges
2,056
Median net income
$2.5M
Median bed count
84
05 — QUALITY (CMS CARE COMPARE)

CMS Care Compare quality measures

Sourced from data.cms.gov · refreshed monthly. CMS publishes these — we surface them.

Overall rating
Not rated
Emergency services
Yes
Mortality vs national avg
Same as the national average
Safety vs national avg
Same as the national average
Readmissions vs national avg
Below the national average
Patient experience vs national avg
Timely & effective vs national avg
07a — MS-DRG MIX

Top inpatient DRGs by volume

Per CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals dataset (PY2022)

DRGDescriptionDischargesAvg payment
872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC13$10K
871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC11$15K
07 — MARKET (HSAF)

Top patient-origin ZIPs

Catchment based on CMS Hospital Service Area File (PY2018)

ZIPCasesBed days
70605128423
7060588316
7060573225
7060568198
7060161245
7060757229
7060546142
7060742170
7060140135
7060139143
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