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Children's hospital · Chicago, Illinois · 39 beds · CMS certification number 143301

La Rabida Children's Hospital

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS December 3, 2025. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$44.7M
$44,728,274 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$80.0M
$79,968,764 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$35.2M
−$35,240,490 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−78.8%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $22.4M in its first year on file (1997) to $44.7M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$39.0M (2023), −$39.1M (2024), −$35.2M (2025).
  • 2 of the 5 children's hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

29 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
reopened
$22.4M
$25.5M
1998
settled
not filed
not filed
1999
reopened
$24.2M
$26.8M
2000
settled
not filed
not filed
2001
settled
$25.0M
$27.3M
2002
settled
not filed
not filed
2003
settled
$28.8M
$30.8M
2004
settled
$32.1M
$34.5M
2005
reopened
$31.5M
$37.6M
2006
reopened
$33.2M
$39.8M
2007
reopened
$42.6M
$45.0M
2008
reopened
$39.4M
$44.9M
2009
reopened
$42.0M
$43.8M
2010
reopened
$42.6M
$46.7M
2011
settled
$20.8M
$50.9M
2012
settled
$40.1M
$49.2M
2013
settled
$31.7M
$47.3M
2014
settled
$32.6M
$46.6M
2015
settled
$33.8M
$48.8M
2016
settled
$36.2M
$52.2M
2017
reopened
$39.0M
$57.6M
2018
settled
$25.3M
$62.0M
2019
reopened
$27.2M
$58.6M
2020
settled
$28.2M
$58.4M
2021
settled
$28.5M
$60.4M
2022
settled
$32.1M
$62.8M
2023
reopened
$30.6M
$69.6M
2024
settled
$36.9M
$76.0M
2025
as submitted
$44.7M
$80.0M

Beside its peers

Hospitals of the same type (children's hospital), nearest in size, from Illinois first; each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
La Rabida Children's Hospital39$44,728,274$79,968,764−78.8%
Lurie Children's, Chicago364$1,318,542,613$1,376,949,935−4.4%
Arkansas Childrens Northwest, Springdale (AR)25$125,152,873$119,720,7954.3%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Neenah (WI)42$33,057,428$32,541,5351.6%
Childrens Mercy Hospital Kansas, Overland Park (KS)42$154,317,986$101,310,06734.4%
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore (MD)50$247,568,947$411,137,245−66.1%

Patients and payers

Discharges
189
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
11,758
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
32.3
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
82.6%
days ÷ bed days
Medicaid share of days
48.2%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

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Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 143301. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2024.ZIP, read December 3, 2025.