Gist Healthcare March 8, 2024
The Gist Weekly Team

In this week’s graphic, we use data from Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report and Syntellis Market Insights to assess the current state of hospital operating margins. While the median hospital operating margin rose to nearly two percent in 2023, there is a widening gap between the operating margins of the highest- and lowest-performing hospitals: nationwide, hospitals in the 95th percentile posted operating margins around 26 percent, while those in bottom fifth percentile saw operating margins of around negative 19 percent. There is also fairly significant variation at the regional level. In general, hospitals in the West...

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