63/100
#846 nationally
Kings County Hospital Center
451 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 · (718) 245-3901
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kings County Hospital Center billed $1.54 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
- 40
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #69
- 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 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% 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 |
205 | $117,120 | $68,676 | +80% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $14,245 | $3,070 | -27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $65,059 | $50,219 | +50% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $71,152 | $52,140 | +42% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $87,195 | $63,957 | +14% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $52,766 | $41,422 | +16% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $47,477 | $42,482 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $5,477 | $770 | +75% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $301,123 | $121,671 | +69% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $70,118 | $54,928 | +27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$68,162 | $49,001 | +123% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$60,802 | $57,680 | +99% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$75,722 | $54,830 | +93% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$63,086 | $44,518 | +91% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$117,120 | $68,676 | +80% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$53,440 | $48,186 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,477 | $770 | +75% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$301,123 | $121,671 | +69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,900 | $2,185 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,245 | $3,070 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,618 | $2,625 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,025 | $1,717 | -20% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$29,888 | $33,323 | -17% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$39,426 | $43,771 | -6% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$39,133 | $41,826 | -4% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$61,149 | $47,619 | about average |
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.