News for Immediate Release
Nov. 5, 2026
Harrisburg, Nov. 5 – Today the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) releases Financial Analysis 2025 – Volume Three, the last volume of its annual three-part financial report series. Volume Three delivers a comprehensive financial profile of 69 licensed non-general acute care (non-GAC) hospitals for fiscal year 2025 (FY25).
The report displays financial data including operating margins, net patient revenue, and uncompensated care for rehabilitation, psychiatric, long-term acute care (LTAC) and specialty hospitals licensed in Pennsylvania. The report also visualizes statewide measures and other key findings that display a varied financial performance across non-GAC hospitals in FY25.
Statewide Operating Margins by Facility Type
- Rehabilitation hospitals: 10.15%
- Psychiatric hospitals: 5.36%
- LTAC hospitals: 1.23%
- Specialty hospitals: -0.07%.
Uncompensated Care Metrics
Uncompensated care as a percentage of net patient revenue ranged significantly across specialized facility types:
- Psychiatric hospitals experienced the highest rate at 1.39%
- LTAC Hospitals reported the lowest rate at 0.21%
Barry D. Buckingham, PHC4’s Executive Director, believes “Bringing this data to the public through interactive innovation is central to our mission of advancing awareness of the value of transparent data and reporting,” Buckingham said, adding that PHC4 reporting aids the prioritization of health care resources and supports making informed, fact-based decisions.
PHC4 is an independent council formed under Pennsylvania statute (Act 89 of 1986, as amended by Act 15 of 2020) in order to address rapidly growing health care costs. PHC4 continues to produce comparative information about the most efficient and effective health care to individual consumers and group purchasers of health services. In addition, PHC4 produces information used to identify opportunities to contain costs and improve the quality of care delivered.
Media contact:
Barry D. Buckingham, Executive Director, PHC4
