62/100
#893 nationally
Suny/Downstate University Hospital Of Brooklyn
445 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203 · (718) 270-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Suny/Downstate University Hospital Of Brooklyn billed $2.67 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
- 2.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 41
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #70
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 11% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $11,279 | $3,053 | -42% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $104,427 | $42,135 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $10,823 | $2,652 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $19,307 | $4,627 | -7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $71,109 | $26,880 | +64% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $13,214 | $3,967 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $1,613 | $778 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $16,269 | $3,627 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $31,098 | $6,253 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $22,152 | $6,504 | -36% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$75,002 | $21,744 | +145% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$68,591 | $16,166 | +130% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$127,751 | $32,634 | +108% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$98,612 | $41,217 | +104% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$72,986 | $23,417 | +96% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$60,986 | $23,949 | +85% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$71,557 | $27,518 | +76% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$77,101 | $23,300 | +66% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,464 | $3,714 | -66% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,318 | $12,500 | -60% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,932 | $1,822 | -54% |
|
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,638 | $4,400 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,613 | $778 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,945 | $2,318 | -46% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,279 | $3,053 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,349 | $2,165 | -37% |
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.