Essentia Health Facts & Figures

For the year ending June 30, 2024

Statistics

15,638 total employees
- 971 physicians
- 1,421 advanced practitioners
- 4,876 registered nurses & licensed practical nurses
- 8,370 all other staff
79 clinics
14 hospitals
6 long-term care facilities
6 assisted and independent living facilities
7 ambulance services
1 research & education institute
2,001,016 clinic encounters
46,910 surgeries
167,674 hospital emergency room visits
3,904 births
565 hospital average daily census
38,811 total discharges
206,864 total patient days
476,949 teaching hours for future med professionals
155,106 telehealth visits (includes Virtual Visits, E-visits and telemedicine encounters)

Total revenue	$2.98 billion
Total expenses	$2.96 billion
Operating income	$20.4 million
Nonoperating gain	$143.1 million
Excess of revenue over expenses	$163.5 million

Cost of providing charity care	$11.6 million
Costs in excess of Medicaid payments	$116.7 million
Medicaid surcharge & MNCare tax	$33.2 million
Community services	$9.6 million
Education and workforce development	$5.6 million
Research	$1.1 million
Total cost of community benefits as defined by the Catholic Health Association (CHA)	$177.9 million
Cost of CHA community benefits as a percentage of actual operating expenses	6.0%

Costs in excess of Medicare payments	$260.2 million
Other care provided without compensation (bad debt)	$37.8 million
Discounts offered to uninsured patients	$7.9 million
Taxes and fees	$6.9 million
Total value of community contributions	$490.8 million
Total value of community contributions as a percentage of operating expenses	16.7%