64/100
#827 nationally
South Brooklyn Health
2601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11235 · (718) 616-4834
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, South Brooklyn Health billed $2.87 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
- 2.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #68
- 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 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% 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 |
478 | $91,887 | $30,603 | +41% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
307 | $8,219 | $3,115 | -58% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
188 | $71,111 | $21,686 | +64% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $65,114 | $21,448 | +40% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
99 | $69,271 | $26,075 | +26% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $78,796 | $25,853 | +49% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $220,372 | $68,277 | +24% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $38,251 | $15,934 | +4% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $53,336 | $26,195 | +7% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $64,228 | $19,894 | +33% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,810 | $778 | +117% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$69,602 | $20,123 | +78% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$68,771 | $18,635 | +75% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$52,151 | $16,618 | +71% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$71,111 | $21,686 | +64% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$52,821 | $17,138 | +60% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$77,717 | $22,350 | +60% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$58,043 | $16,246 | +56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,219 | $3,115 | -58% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,504 | $3,937 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,562 | $1,845 | -45% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$57,216 | $26,872 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,530 | $2,318 | -42% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,458 | $5,760 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,858 | $3,967 | -38% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$28,128 | $16,867 | -32% |
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.