79/100
#368 nationally
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
1 Brookdale Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11212 · (718) 240-5966
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center billed $2.07 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
- 2.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 72
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #45
- 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.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% 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 |
181 | $67,466 | $31,323 | +3% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $33,687 | $19,017 | -22% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $39,088 | $21,122 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $15,276 | $6,428 | -56% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $10,398 | $3,115 | -46% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $161,952 | $71,243 | -9% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $22,236 | $13,723 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $12,543 | $2,652 | +7% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $38,440 | $20,093 | -17% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $177,251 | $97,156 | -34% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,462 | $1,822 | +127% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$64,965 | $27,241 | +14% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$60,374 | $23,720 | +14% |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major
MS-DRG 981 · Inpatient stay |
$206,326 | $88,256 | +12% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$33,490 | $14,463 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,543 | $2,652 | +7% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$40,800 | $17,021 | +4% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$51,842 | $25,802 | +4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,072 | $3,714 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,276 | $6,428 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,162 | $3,825 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,858 | $3,075 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,261 | $3,683 | -55% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,807 | $1,845 | -52% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$20,549 | $14,984 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,294 | $3,937 | -47% |
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.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.