Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

121 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201 · (718) 250-8000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - OtherEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$34.4Mnet income, all sources

−25.6%margin on patient care alone

$4.2Mcost of charity care (1.0% of costs)

$7.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

236beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	149	$152,481	$32,542
Fainting 312	40	$84,034	$15,504
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	36	$152,299	$23,942
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	35	$470,353	$86,716
Heart failure, with major complications 291	33	$109,589	$23,067
Heart attack, with major complications 280	28	$142,138	$21,963
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 870	23	$364,344	$99,581
COPD, with major complications 190	22	$102,007	$20,525
Heart attack, with complications 281	22	$64,975	$13,953
Lung infection, with major complications 177	19	$157,347	$26,512
Pneumonia, with complications 194	19	$88,237	$14,389
Kidney failure, with complications 683	19	$74,052	$14,361
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	18	$97,492	$16,062
Other Vascular Procedures with Mcc 252	17	$163,435	$56,250
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	17	$174,794	$27,303
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	16	$57,430	$12,488
Sepsis 872	16	$146,497	$23,953
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy 895	16	$45,267	$23,404
Stroke, with major complications 064	15	$166,998	$32,353
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	14	$135,332	$28,239
Diabetes, with complications 638	13	$55,104	$14,899
Urinary tract infection 690	13	$100,350	$13,073
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	12	$109,370	$17,897
Hip or knee replacement 470	12	$102,835	$27,728
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	12	$118,437	$21,939
Anemia and blood disorders 812	12	$76,966	$13,866
Seizures 101	11	$81,127	$14,337
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 282	11	$65,004	$11,514
High blood pressure 305	11	$63,680	$12,789
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	11	$119,033	$28,054
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	11	$162,392	$34,035
Delirium and other mental confusion 884	11	$73,216	$22,545

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