CostGrade
A

84/100

#211 nationally

Bronxcare Hospital Center

1276 Fulton Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456 · (212) 588-7000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bronxcare Hospital Center billed $1.45 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
1.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
41
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NY
#32
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
1/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 33.3/35

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.8/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.1/30

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.3/10

Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

145 $57,915 $35,099 -11%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

54 $33,412 $23,266 -23%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

37 $41,228 $28,406 -25%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

28 $99,442 $91,577 -63%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

26 $38,606 $28,734 -37%
HIV-Related Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 974 · Inpatient stay

22 $70,801 $49,846 -60%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

21 $33,821 $24,536 -27%
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face

MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay

21 $160,579 $137,154 -70%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence, Left Ama

MS-DRG 894 · Inpatient stay

21 $14,499 $14,525 +4%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay

20 $31,578 $21,515 -26%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$33,885 $17,721 +11%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$41,683 $22,982 +6%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$31,081 $17,383 +4%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence, Left Ama

MS-DRG 894 · Inpatient stay

$14,499 $14,525 +4%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

$54,967 $28,950 about average
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$31,913 $20,749 -3%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$33,151 $20,857 -4%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$54,240 $32,448 -5%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face

MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay

$160,579 $137,154 -70%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

$99,442 $91,577 -63%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$32,262 $26,905 -63%
HIV-Related Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 974 · Inpatient stay

$70,801 $49,846 -60%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$36,719 $33,879 -54%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

$16,996 $19,046 -48%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

$64,900 $34,206 -43%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$102,982 $67,189 -42%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
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