34/100
#1,759 nationally
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus
121 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201 · (718) 250-8000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus billed $4.86 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 44
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #94
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
149 | $152,481 | $32,542 | +134% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $18,032 | $3,892 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $9,896 | $1,845 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $21,288 | $5,685 | -22% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $84,034 | $15,504 | +129% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $152,299 | $23,942 | +227% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $470,353 | $86,716 | +164% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $109,589 | $23,067 | +152% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $16,857 | $3,537 | -12% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $142,138 | $21,963 | +132% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$146,497 | $23,953 | +273% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$174,794 | $27,303 | +260% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$100,350 | $13,073 | +237% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$152,299 | $23,942 | +227% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$97,492 | $16,062 | +220% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$118,437 | $21,939 | +191% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$157,347 | $26,512 | +186% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$88,237 | $14,389 | +178% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,163 | $12,501 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,511 | $8,140 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,481 | $2,506 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,288 | $5,685 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,787 | $3,714 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,681 | $3,796 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,032 | $3,892 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,857 | $3,537 | -12% |
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.