Essentia Health Facts & Figures

For the year ending June 30, 2021

Statistics

14,043 total employees
- 907 physicians
- 1,218 advanced practitioners
- 3,746 registered nurses & licensed practical nurses
- 8,172 all other staff
70 clinics
14 hospitals
6 long-term care facilities
6 assisted and independent living facilities
6 ambulance services
1 research & education institute
1,608,866 clinic encounters
41,829 surgeries
142,883 hospital emergency room visits
3,766 births
527 hospital average daily census
36,710 total discharges
192,387 total patient days
430,560 teaching hours for future med professionals (suspended student rotations July-August 2020 due to COVID-19)
342,189 telehealth visits (includes Virtual Visits, E-visits and telemedicine encounters)

Total revenue	$2.45 billion
Total expenses	$2.28 billion
Operating income	$168.3 million
Nonoperating income	$262.7 million
Excess of revenue over expenses	$430.9 million

Cost of providing charity care	$10.1 million
Costs in excess of Medicaid payments	$87.3 million
Medicaid surcharge & MNCare tax	$29.5 million
Community services	$4.5 million
Education and workforce development	$4.1 million
Research	$1.4 million
Total cost of community benefits as defined by the Catholic Health Association (CHA)	$136.7 million
Cost of CHA community benefits as a percent of actual operating expenses	6.0%

Costs in excess of Medicare payments	$143.1 million
Other care provided without compensation (bad debt)	$26.0 million
Discounts offered to uninsured patients	$7.6 million
Taxes and fees	$5.1 million
Total value of community contributions	$318.5 million
Total value of community contributions as a percentage of operating expenses	13.9%