82 Largest US Non-Profit Hospital Organizations 2014 Audited Operating Income On Fire: Up 30% Over 2013 ..... Bodes Well For Continuing Lower US Health Care Cost Increases Under the ACA

From a thorough review of the Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA), I found 82 US Non-Profit Hospital Organizations with 2014 Total Operating Revenues in excess of $2 bil.

These 82 Non-Profit hospital Organization generated Total Audited 2014 Operating Income of $17.191 bil in their 2014 Fiscal Year Ends, which was a very robust 30% increase over the $13.211 bil 2013 comparable amount.

The chart below presents each of these 82 largest US Non-Profit Hospital Organizations:

				Most
				Recent	Most
				Fiscal	Recent	Prior
			Most	Year	Fiscal	Fiscal
			Recent	End	Year	Year
			Fiscal	Total	Operating	Operating
	City		Year	Operating	Income	Income
US Big Non-Profit Hospitals	HQs	State	End	Revenues	(Loss)	(Loss)
				mil $s	mil $s	mil $s
Kaiser Permanente	Oakland	CA	Dec 14	56,433	2,175	1,800
Ascension Health	Edmundson	MO	Jun 14	20,150	606	451
Catholic Health Initiatives	Englewood	CO	Jun 14	13,889	(14)	(55)
Providence Health	Renton	WA	Dec 14	12,481	219	38
UPMC	Pittsburgh	PA	Jun 14	11,416	70	140
Partners Healthcare System	Boston	MA	Sep 14	10,906	(22)	158
Dignity Health	San Francisco	CA	Jun 14	10,677	227	311
Sutter Health	Sacramento	CA	Dec 14	10,161	419	(22)
Mayo Clinic	Rochester	MN	Dec 14	9,761	834	612
Adventist Health System	Altamonte Springs	FL	Dec 14	8,383	564	500
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health	Great Neck	NY	Dec 14	7,435	88	84
Cleveland Clinic Health System	Cleveland	OH	Dec 14	6,706	468	294
Indiana University Health	Indianapolis	IN	Dec 14	5,727	795	324
St Joseph Health System	Orange	CA	Jun 14	5,632	(16)	50
HealthPartners	Bloomington	MN	Dec 14	5,505	198	252
Banner Health	Phoenix	AZ	Dec 14	5,398	263	254
Advocate HealthCare Network	Oak Brook	IL	Dec 14	5,231	331	300
Johns Hopkins Health System	Baltimore	MD	Jun 14	5,126	187	176
Carolinas Health Care System	Charlotte	NC	Dec 14	4,929	186	116
SSM Health Care	St Louis	MO	Dec 14	4,896	146	(74)
Aurora Health Care	Milwaukee	WI	Dec 14	4,716	503	157
Sentara HealthCare	Norfolk	VA	Dec 14	4,694	273	222
Henry Ford Health System	Detroit	MI	Dec 14	4,691	28	(12)
MedStar Health	Columbia	MD	Jun 14	4,628	136	79
IHC Health Services	Salt Lake City	UT	Dec 14	4,620	559	365
New York and Presbyterian Hospital	New York	NY	Dec 14	4,577	220	202
Mercy Health	Cincinnati	OH	Dec 14	4,510	131	127
Mercy Health	Chesterfield	MO	Jun 14	4,439	(43)	268
Spectrum Health System	Grand Rapids	MI	Jun 14	4,108	148	203
BJC Healthcare	St Louis	MO	Dec 14	4,099	233	146
Texas Health Resources	Arlington	TX	Dec 14	4,064	313	319
Beaumont Health System	Royal Oak	MI	Dec 14	3,989	123	21
Geisinger Health System	Danville	PA	Jun 14	3,978	137	163
University Penn Health System	Philadelphia	PA	Jun 14	3,939	291	185
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System	Houston	TX	Jun 14	3,938	192	166
Novant Health	Winston-Salem	NC	Dec 14	3,788	167	119
UnityPoint Health	Des Moines	IA	Dec 14	3,705	111	83
Allina Health System	Minneapolis	MN	Dec 14	3,604	146	133
Fairview Health Services	Minneapolis	MN	Dec 14	3,561	147	135
Christus Health	Irving	TX	Jun 14	3,552	62	73
Montefiore Medical Center	New York	NY	Dec 14	3,472	40	105
Bon Secours Health System	Baltimore	MD	Aug 14	3,462	124	124
Yale-New Haven Health Services	New Haven	CT	Sep 14	3,395	170	136
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	New York	NY	Dec 14	3,303	214	178
Sanford Health	Sioux Falls	SD	Jun 14	3,291	110	31
Adventist Health West	Roseville	CA	Dec 14	3,263	118	55
The Methodist Hospital System	Houston	TX	Dec 14	3,051	273	171
University Maryland Medical System	Baltimore	MD	Jun 14	3,027	48	(14)
Stanford Hospital & Clinics	Stanford	CA	Aug 14	2,998	278	253
BayCare Health System	Clearwater	FL	Dec 14	2,998	266	184
Barnabas Health	West Orange	NJ	Dec 14	2,968	171	142
University Hospitals Health System	Cleveland	OH	Dec 14	2,941	85	79
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	West Hollywood	CA	Jun 14	2,932	284	350
Sharp HealthCare	San Diego	CA	Sep 14	2,929	234	225
McLaren Health Care	Flint	MI	Sep 14	2,903	69	66
OhioHealth	Columbus	OH	Jun 14	2,768	185	215
CareGroup Healthcare System	Boston	MA	Sep 14	2,740	32	58
Franciscan Alliance	Mishawaka	IN	Dec 14	2,718	216	37
Inova Health System	Falls Church	VA	Dec 14	2,699	218	132
Presbyterian Healthcare Services	Albuquerque	NM	Dec 14	2,653	171	61
Univ Colorado Health	Ft. Collins	CO	Jun 14	2,608	261	273
Duke University Health System	Durham	NC	Jun 14	2,600	96	184
Scripps Health	San Diego	CA	Sep 14	2,565	155	191
Texas Children's Hospital	Houston	TX	Sep 14	2,559	78	66
Hartford Healthcare	Hartford	CT	Sep 14	2,482	52	(35)
Northwestern Memorial Health Care	Chicago	IL	Aug 14	2,426	142	131
SCL Health Systems	Denver	CO	Dec 14	2,401	54	41
U Cal, San Fran Medical Center	San Francisco	CA	Jun 14	2,390	159	7
NYU Hospitals Center	New York	NY	Aug 14	2,346	215	48
Baptist Health South Florida	Coral Gables	FL	Sep 14	2,281	181	169
Oregon Health & Science University	Portland	OR	Jun 14	2,281	74	125
UMass Memorial HealthCare	Worchester	MA	Sep 14	2,252	29	32
PeaceHealth	Vancouver	WA	Jun 14	2,246	39	10
Virginia Commonwealth Univ Health	Richmond	VA	Jun 14	2,242	171	189
Children's Hospital Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	Jun 14	2,216	212	156
Catholic Health Services Long Island	Rockville Centre	NY	Dec 14	2,206	62	19
Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Ctr	Cincinnati	OH	Jun 14	2,120	172	153
OSF Healthcare System	Peoria	IL	Sep 14	2,097	64	(6)
Hospital Sisters Health System	Springfield	IL	Jun 14	2,089	17	22
Wake Forest Baptist	Winston-Salem	NC	Jun 14	2,065	(78)	(57)
Baptist Healthcare System	Louisville	KY	Aug 14	2,043	54	(22)
Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	NY	Dec 14	2,017	75	64
Total all 82				415,085	17,191	13,211
2014 Operating Income % Increase Over 2013					30%

When Non-Profit Hospital Organization's Total Operating Income grows 30% in 2014 on top of an already massive Net Asset base, it only makes sense that future US Health Care Cost increases will continue to moderate.