Essentia Health Facts & Figures

For the year ending June 30, 2023

Statistics

15,456 total employees
- 972 physicians
- 1,386 advanced practitioners
- 4,649 registered nurses & licensed practical nurses
- 8,449 all other staff
78 clinics
14 hospitals
6 long-term care facilities
6 assisted and independent living facilities
7 ambulance services
1 research & education institute
1,963,391 clinic encounters
45,069 surgeries
162,048 hospital emergency room visits
3,766 births
557 hospital average daily census
35,936 total discharges
203,183 total patient days
483,168 teaching hours for future med professionals
134,146 telehealth visits (includes Virtual Visits, E-visits and telemedicine encounters)

Total revenue	$2.76 billion
Total expenses	$2.76 billion
Operating income	$0.1 million
Nonoperating income	$121.6 million
Excess of revenue over expenses	$121.7 million

Cost of providing charity care	$10.1 million
Costs in excess of Medicaid payments	$111.2 million
Medicaid surcharge & MNCare tax	$31.3 million
Community services	$7.3 million
Education and workforce development	$3.9 million
Research	$1.6 million
Total cost of community benefits as defined by the Catholic Health Association (CHA)	$165.4 million
Cost of CHA community benefits as a percent of actual operating expenses	6.1%

Costs in excess of Medicare payments	$257.4 million
Other care provided without compensation (bad debt)	$32.3 million
Discounts offered to uninsured patients	$4.9 million
Taxes and fees	$7.5 million
Total value of community contributions	$467.5 million
Total value of community contributions as a percentage of operating expenses	17.2%