HCRIS X-Ray — NORTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MED CTR
CCN 010078 · 295 beds · FY2022
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HCRIS-Native Peer X-Ray
NORTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MED CTR
12 peers · same-state + same-year · 12 pool, top 12 shown · benchmarked on 15 metrics
CCN 010078 · FY2022 · ANNISTON, AL
NORTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL MED CTRTREND · DETERIORATING · 3Y
Beds
295
Community
Patient Days
60,066
55.8% occupancy
Medicare Day Share
27.5%
moderate
NPR (filed)
$209.4M
$710K / bed
Operating Margin
-11.8%
Negative
Payer Diversity
0.64
1 − HHI of day mix
Plain-English read: Biggest peer gap: Operating margin is -11.8% vs peer median -3.6% (-224.9%, below peer P25). Strongest outperformance: Payer diversity at 0.64 vs median 0.52 (+22.3%).
Peer benchmark · target vs P25 / median / P75 · same-state + same-year · 12 pool, top 12 shown
Size
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
Beds
licensed bed count
295
212
242
261
+21.9%
ABOVE PEER
Patient days
total inpatient days filed
60,066
38,726
59,148
75,232
+1.6%
IN-BAND
Occupancy rate
patient days ÷ bed days available
55.8%
50.0%
65.6%
76.1%
-15.0%
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
27.5%
14.8%
20.4%
22.7%
+34.7%
BELOW PEER
Medicaid day share
share of inpatient days covered by Medicaid
25.2%
12.0%
17.4%
22.5%
+44.8%
BELOW PEER
Commercial / other day share
commercial + self-pay day share (higher = better economics)
47.3%
57.1%
59.2%
65.4%
-20.0%
BELOW PEER
Payer diversity
1 − HHI of day mix; 0 = single-payer, 0.67 = balanced across 3
0.64
0.49
0.52
0.56
+22.3%
ABOVE PEER
Revenue Cycle
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
NPR per bed
net patient revenue ÷ beds
709,723 $
759,671 $
828,690 $
1,084,295 $
-14.4%
BELOW PEER
NPR per patient day
net patient revenue ÷ total patient days
3,486 $
3,327 $
3,857 $
4,119 $
-9.6%
IN-BAND
Contractual allowance rate
contractual allowances ÷ gross patient revenue
87.8%
64.1%
79.8%
89.6%
+10.0%
IN-BAND
Net-to-gross ratio
NPR ÷ gross patient revenue (collection-rate proxy)
12.2%
10.2%
17.7%
26.6%
-31.2%
IN-BAND
Cost Structure
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
Opex per bed
operating expenses ÷ beds
793,286 $
766,567 $
895,851 $
1,157,376 $
-11.4%
IN-BAND
Opex per patient day
operating expenses ÷ total patient days
3,896 $
3,574 $
3,866 $
4,196 $
+0.8%
IN-BAND
Margin
Metric
Target
Peer P25
Peer Median
Peer P75
Variance
Trend · Distribution
Operating margin
(NPR − opex) ÷ NPR
-11.8%
-9.9%
-3.6%
0.5%
-224.9%
BELOW PEER
Net income margin
net income ÷ NPR
-11.8%
-9.9%
-3.6%
0.5%
-224.9%
BELOW PEER
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 12 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 -11.8% trails public-comp median +14.2% by 26.0 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% | -28.7pp | 8.9× |
| THC | Tenet Healthcare | +14.2% | -26.0pp | 8.8× |
| UHS | Universal Health Services | +11.5% | -23.3pp | 7.4× |
| ARDT | Ardent Health Partners | +7.8% | -19.6pp | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 010029 | EAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 297 | 2022 | 21.6% | -6.5% | 399.6 | 0.323 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010011 | ST. VINCENTS EAST | AL | 286 | 2022 | 20.3% | -20.2% | 249.1 | 0.568 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010024 | JACKSON HOSPITAL AND CLINIC INC | AL | 278 | 2022 | 20.4% | -10.4% | 301.4 | 0.608 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010103 | PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 261 | 2022 | 17.2% | +2.3% | 216.3 | 0.657 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010046 | RIVERVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 256 | 2022 | 27.9% | -3.6% | 101.5 | 0.806 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010040 | GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 219 | 2022 | 22.7% | +2.3% | 174.6 | 1.035 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010016 | SHELBY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 212 | 2022 | 22.7% | -0.9% | 161.1 | 1.143 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010087 | USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | AL | 242 | 2022 | 14.8% | -6.4% | 348.5 | 1.198 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010006 | NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 223 | 2022 | 30.9% | +0.5% | 259.5 | 1.201 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010089 | WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | AL | 207 | 2022 | 21.1% | +18.2% | 108.7 | 1.322 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 010149 | BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER EAST | AL | 208 | 2022 | 12.6% | -9.9% | 169.5 | 1.435 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 013301 | USA CHILDRENS AND WOMENS HOSPITAL | AL | 249 | 2022 | 0.2% | -0.3% | 228.8 | 1.610 | ✓ | ✓ |
Cross-reference · pre-seeded with HCRIS-filed NPR, operating margin + peer-median 9.0× entry cap structure
EV
$94M (9.0× $10.5M EBITDA) · Equity $40M · Debt $55M · override any of these on the destination page.JSON export — full X-Ray payload
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