HCRIS X-Ray — EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER
CCN 010029 · 297 beds · FY2022
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HCRIS-Native Peer X-Ray
EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER
11 peers · same-state + same-year · 11 pool, top 11 shown · benchmarked on 15 metrics
CCN 010029 · FY2022 · OPELIKA, AL
EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTERTREND · IMPROVING · 3Y
Beds
297
Community
Patient Days
77,586
71.6% occupancy
Medicare Day Share
21.6%
moderate
NPR (filed)
$399.6M
$1,345K / bed
Operating Margin
-6.5%
Negative
Payer Diversity
0.59
1 − HHI of day mix
Plain-English read: Biggest peer gap: Opex per bed is 1,433,042 $ vs peer median 895,851 $ (+60.0%, above peer P75). Strongest outperformance: Net-to-gross ratio at 41.6% vs median 17.7% (+134.2%).
Peer benchmark · target vs P25 / median / P75 · same-state + same-year · 11 pool, top 11 shown
Size
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
Beds
licensed bed count
297
219
249
261
+19.3%
ABOVE PEER
Patient days
total inpatient days filed
77,586
52,468
59,374
67,263
+30.7%
ABOVE PEER
Occupancy rate
patient days ÷ bed days available
71.6%
55.8%
65.6%
76.1%
+9.0%
IN-BAND
Payer Mix
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
Medicare day share
share of inpatient days covered by Medicare
21.6%
14.8%
20.4%
22.7%
+5.9%
IN-BAND
Medicaid day share
share of inpatient days covered by Medicaid
22.5%
12.0%
17.4%
24.6%
+29.1%
IN-BAND
Commercial / other day share
commercial + self-pay day share (higher = better economics)
55.9%
57.1%
60.7%
65.4%
-7.8%
BELOW PEER
Payer diversity
1 − HHI of day mix; 0 = single-payer, 0.67 = balanced across 3
0.59
0.49
0.52
0.55
+13.2%
ABOVE PEER
Revenue Cycle
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
NPR per bed
net patient revenue ÷ beds
1,345,378 $
759,671 $
828,690 $
919,055 $
+62.4%
ABOVE PEER
NPR per patient day
net patient revenue ÷ total patient days
5,150 $
3,327 $
3,854 $
3,875 $
+33.6%
ABOVE PEER
Contractual allowance rate
contractual allowances ÷ gross patient revenue
58.4%
73.4%
82.3%
89.0%
-28.9%
ABOVE PEER
Net-to-gross ratio
NPR ÷ gross patient revenue (collection-rate proxy)
41.6%
10.4%
17.7%
21.8%
+134.2%
ABOVE PEER
Cost Structure
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
Opex per bed
operating expenses ÷ beds
1,433,042 $
778,870 $
895,851 $
1,046,761 $
+60.0%
BELOW PEER
Opex per patient day
operating expenses ÷ total patient days
5,486 $
3,574 $
3,866 $
3,907 $
+41.9%
BELOW PEER
Margin
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
Operating margin
(NPR − opex) ÷ NPR
-6.5%
-10.4%
-3.6%
-0.3%
-79.8%
IN-BAND
Net income margin
net income ÷ NPR
-6.5%
-10.4%
-3.6%
-0.3%
-79.8%
IN-BAND
How to read: Target column is the filed value from the hospital's most recent Medicare cost report. P25 / median / P75 are drawn from the 11 peer hospitals matched on size cohort, state, payer mix, and fiscal year. Variance is signed % vs peer median; green chip = better than peers on this metric; red chip = worse than peers; amber/neutral = inside the P25-P75 band.
Public market context · Seeking Alpha hospital comps
Target operating margin -6.5% trails public-comp median +14.2% by 20.7 pp. Public comps trade at a median EV/EBITDA of ~9x; target-implied multiple should adjust for the margin delta + size discount.
| Ticker | Company | Op Margin | Target Δ | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA | HCA Healthcare | +16.9% | -23.4pp | 8.9× |
| THC | Tenet Healthcare | +14.2% | -20.7pp | 8.8× |
| UHS | Universal Health Services | +11.5% | -18.0pp | 7.4× |
| ARDT | Ardent Health Partners | +7.8% | -14.3pp | 10.2× |
Public-hospital comps are curated from 10-K / analyst consensus via → Seeking Alpha Market Intel. Margin delta × $ of NPR ≈ the EBITDA gap between the target and the public bench.
Peer roster
| CCN | Hospital | State | Beds | FY | Medicare % | Op Margin | NPR ($M) | Distance | Same-state | Same-region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 010011 | ST. VINCENTS EAST | AL | 286 | 2022 | 20.3% | -20.2% | 249.1 | 0.285 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010078 | NORTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MED CTR | AL | 295 | 2022 | 27.5% | -11.8% | 209.4 | 0.323 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010024 | JACKSON HOSPITAL AND CLINIC INC | AL | 278 | 2022 | 20.4% | -10.4% | 301.4 | 0.324 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010103 | PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 261 | 2022 | 17.2% | +2.3% | 216.3 | 0.631 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010040 | GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 219 | 2022 | 22.7% | +2.3% | 174.6 | 0.909 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010087 | USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | AL | 242 | 2022 | 14.8% | -6.4% | 348.5 | 0.954 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010046 | RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 256 | 2022 | 27.9% | -3.6% | 101.5 | 1.072 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010006 | NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 223 | 2022 | 30.9% | +0.5% | 259.5 | 1.149 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010149 | BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER EAST | AL | 208 | 2022 | 12.6% | -9.9% | 169.5 | 1.201 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010016 | SHELBY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 212 | 2022 | 22.7% | -0.9% | 161.1 | 1.214 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 013301 | USA CHILDRENS AND WOMENS HOSPITAL | AL | 249 | 2022 | 0.2% | -0.3% | 228.8 | 1.504 | ✓ | ✓ |
Cross-reference · pre-seeded with HCRIS-filed NPR, operating margin + peer-median 9.0× entry cap structure
EV
$180M (9.0× $20.0M EBITDA) · Equity $76M · Debt $104M · override any of these on the destination page.JSON export — full X-Ray payload
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