Benchmarks
What the middle looks like. Every figure here is a distribution across hospitals that file a Medicare cost report — the middle half, the midpoint, and the range from the tenth to the ninetieth — with the number of hospitals it was taken over. No hospital is ranked on this page.
A cut covering fewer than eight hospitals is not shown at all. How each figure is defined →
Charity care
Care given free or discounted, as a share of what patients brought in.
Across every hospital
Middle half between 0.7% and 3.0%, midpoint 1.4%, across 2,835 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By entity type
Critical access hospital
Middle half between 0.3% and 2.3%, midpoint 0.9%, across 1,206 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Disproportionate share hospital
Middle half between 1.0% and 3.6%, midpoint 1.8%, across 1,408 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Rural referral center
Middle half between 0.9% and 2.6%, midpoint 1.6%, across 105 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Sole community hospital
Middle half between 0.7% and 3.1%, midpoint 1.4%, across 110 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By bed-size band
100 to 249 beds
Middle half between 1.1% and 3.3%, midpoint 1.7%, across 544 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
25 to 99 beds
Middle half between 0.5% and 2.9%, midpoint 1.2%, across 1,161 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
250 to 499 beds
Middle half between 1.1% and 3.4%, midpoint 1.9%, across 375 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
500 beds or more
Middle half between 1.1% and 3.2%, midpoint 1.7%, across 213 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Under 25 beds
Middle half between 0.3% and 2.4%, midpoint 0.9%, across 541 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Uncompensated care
Charity care plus bills that went unpaid, on the same basis.
Across every hospital
Middle half between 1.9% and 5.3%, midpoint 3.0%, across 2,932 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By entity type
Critical access hospital
Middle half between 2.0% and 5.6%, midpoint 3.1%, across 1,270 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Disproportionate share hospital
Middle half between 1.9% and 5.1%, midpoint 3.0%, across 1,435 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Pediatric hospital
Middle half between 0.7% and 5.4%, midpoint 2.4%, across 8 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Rural referral center
Middle half between 1.8% and 3.6%, midpoint 2.5%, across 106 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Sole community hospital
Middle half between 1.9% and 6.5%, midpoint 3.5%, across 113 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By bed-size band
100 to 249 beds
Middle half between 1.9% and 4.7%, midpoint 2.8%, across 557 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
25 to 99 beds
Middle half between 2.1% and 6.0%, midpoint 3.3%, across 1,208 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
250 to 499 beds
Middle half between 1.8% and 4.7%, midpoint 2.8%, across 380 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
500 beds or more
Middle half between 1.6% and 4.1%, midpoint 2.5%, across 214 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Under 25 beds
Middle half between 2.0% and 5.7%, midpoint 3.2%, across 572 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Left after the cost of care
What remained of patient revenue once the cost of treating patients was met.
Across every hospital
Middle half between -15.4% and 4.3%, midpoint -4.4%, across 3,011 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By entity type
Critical access hospital
Middle half between -16.0% and 3.9%, midpoint -5.2%, across 1,279 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Disproportionate share hospital
Middle half between -15.2% and 4.3%, midpoint -4.1%, across 1,447 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Pediatric hospital
Middle half between -8.1% and 8.6%, midpoint -0.2%, across 62 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Rural referral center
Middle half between -7.7% and 6.2%, midpoint -0.3%, across 106 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Sole community hospital
Middle half between -17.3% and 1.0%, midpoint -5.7%, across 113 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By bed-size band
100 to 249 beds
Middle half between -13.1% and 4.8%, midpoint -3.3%, across 581 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
25 to 99 beds
Middle half between -16.0% and 4.1%, midpoint -4.6%, across 1,225 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
250 to 499 beds
Middle half between -12.8% and 4.3%, midpoint -3.1%, across 408 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
500 beds or more
Middle half between -15.7% and 6.6%, midpoint -2.0%, across 219 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Under 25 beds
Middle half between -18.0% and 3.3%, midpoint -6.6%, across 577 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Contract pharmacies
Pharmacies registered to dispense on the hospital’s behalf.
Across every hospital
Middle half between 4 and 52, midpoint 16, across 3,031 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By entity type
Critical access hospital
Middle half between 3 and 20, midpoint 9, across 1,290 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Disproportionate share hospital
Middle half between 8 and 88, midpoint 40, across 1,454 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Pediatric hospital
Middle half between 1 and 117, midpoint 38, across 63 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Rural referral center
Middle half between 1 and 64, midpoint 25, across 107 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Sole community hospital
Middle half between 5 and 33, midpoint 11, across 113 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
By bed-size band
100 to 249 beds
Middle half between 3 and 71, midpoint 31, across 586 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
25 to 99 beds
Middle half between 3 and 30, midpoint 12, across 1,232 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
250 to 499 beds
Middle half between 18 and 108, midpoint 62, across 408 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
500 beds or more
Middle half between 50 and 204, midpoint 117, across 220 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.
Under 25 beds
Middle half between 2 and 14, midpoint 6, across 582 hospitals with cost reports ending 2024–2025.