(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Jim Harris/ Pittsburgh Business Times)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a new report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council nearly one in three Pennsylvania hospitals operated in the red in 2025, although nearly 60% have operating margins of more than 4%. 

The yearly report showed that hospitals in southwestern Pennsylvania are faring better than the statewide average in many key financial areas, including in operating margin. The hospital with the highest figure in operating income across Pennsylvania was UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, with $437.5 million in operating income on $1.9 billion in revenue. 

The average in the region that surrounds Pittsburgh was 10.6% compared to the 7.15% statewide average. Additionally, the three-year averages in the region and statewide were closer, with an average of 7.65% in the region and an average of 7.04% statewide.