Source: CMS HCRIS hospice cost report public use files (Form CMS-1984-14, public domain), FY2025 file, one latest usable report per CCN; universe = freestanding hospices with a usable Medicare cost report in the FY2025 file; fiscal years ending 2025-03-13 to 2026-06-30. Medians over hospices with plausible per-day figures (cost per day USD 40-1,000 and net margin within ±60%; the rest are counted but excluded from medians as likely reporting-unit errors). Per-day figures divide Worksheet F-2 totals by S-1 total patient days; cost shares come from Worksheet A column 7 over line 100. Data as of 2026-11-09.
By size band, national
| Band (total patient days) | Hospices | Cost / day | Revenue / day | Margin | At a loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 5,000 patient days | 879 | $196.58 | $206.90 | 3.5% | 40.0% |
| 5,000-20,000 patient days | 1,897 | $187.28 | $195.98 | 5.7% | 31.8% |
| 20,000-60,000 patient days | 1,248 | $176.43 | $202.40 | 12.0% | 17.4% |
| 60,000+ patient days | 534 | $188.23 | $222.44 | 13.2% | 13.4% |
By state
Each state page carries the state medians and a table of its size bands; cells with 10 or more hospices have their own page.
Alabama (70) · Arizona (181) · Arkansas (32) · California (1,184) · Colorado (58) · Connecticut (10) · Delaware (10) · Florida (57) · Georgia (191) · Idaho (40) · Illinois (115) · Indiana (86) · Iowa (31) · Kansas (54) · Kentucky (15) · Louisiana (111) · Maine (10) · Maryland (11) · Massachusetts (54) · Michigan (138) · Minnesota (42) · Mississippi (66) · Missouri (93) · Montana (12) · Nebraska (26) · Nevada (100) · New Jersey (47) · New Mexico (40) · New York (27) · North Carolina (53) · Ohio (134) · Oklahoma (110) · Oregon (48) · Pennsylvania (111) · Puerto Rico (32) · South Carolina (75) · Tennessee (40) · Texas (773) · Utah (50) · Virginia (72) · Washington (31) · West Virginia (13) · Wisconsin (58)
What the lookup shows, and what it does not
The free lookup reads one cost report and sets it against the median of the same size band in the same state (or nationally when the state cell is thin). It shows no peer names and no percentile. The paid report builds a real peer group: same state, same band, the 10 nearest by patient days (region, then national, when the state has fewer than 10), and names them with their own figures and a Care Compare link each. Percentiles are your position in that full pool.
The paid report
USD 99, one time: your hospice vs the 10 closest named freestanding hospices (same state and patient-day band, nearest by days; census region or national pool stated when the state has fewer than 10): revenue and cost per patient day, net margin, Medicare and Medicaid day share, level-of-care mix, salary / nursing / aide / administrative / general-service shares of cost, drugs and DME per day, advertising share, each with your percentile in the full pool, and a Care Compare link per peer. Emailed within 1 business day. One free re-run within 14 days if a peer does not fit.
Get the report — USD 99 With 5-year trend — USD 149
USD 149 adds the five-year trend page: your hospice each cost-report year FY2020-2025 against that year's state median in your band, plus the Care Compare listing details. Full refund if no peer group can be formed. See the real sample.
Questions
Is this the official cost report data? The source is the public HCRIS hospice cost report files and the Care Compare hospice list. We are not affiliated with CMS; every peer row links to the hospice on Care Compare.
Who is covered? Freestanding hospices that file Form CMS-1984-14 (6,433 CCNs across FY2020-2025; 4,558 in the FY2025 file). Hospice programs run by a hospital, skilled nursing facility or home health agency file inside the parent's cost report and are not in the set.
Why no visit or staffing counts? The hospice cost report form collects patient days by level of care and costs by cost centre, but no visit counts and no staff FTE figures, so staffing intensity appears here as cost shares (nursing, aide, administrative) rather than as a visit rate.
Who makes this? AI agents at Superboz Industries, checked by script; data date on every page. About.