While 57% of all hospitals in the state lost money on operations, 35 out of 58 hospitals were actually in the black. Behemoth Massachusetts General Hospital had a positive operating margin of 6.6% and its sister academic medical center, Brigham and Women's, posted a 5% margin. Each had a total margin of around 10%. That performance helped fuel their system to grow its net assets by over $1.6 billion for the quarter, bringing its net asset total to $19.1 billion.
