US Health Care Costs

Suny/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn

445 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203 · (718) 270-1000

General hospitalGovernment - StateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$40what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$260.0Mnet income, all sources
31.9%margin on patient care alone
$2.0Mcost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$19.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
268beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87173$104,427$42,135
Heart failure, with major complications 29142$71,109$26,880
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64023$74,179$27,842
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69820$92,060$32,998
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85320$269,946$113,661
Seizures 10118$32,730$17,424
Respiratory failure 18916$98,612$41,217
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37716$67,148$31,664
Urinary tract infection 69016$68,591$16,166
Other Vascular Procedures with Mcc 25215$192,629$80,979
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$60,986$23,949
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$127,751$32,634
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$43,609$18,601
Lung infection, with major complications 17712$81,696$34,097
Anemia and blood disorders 81212$72,986$23,417
COPD, with major complications 19011$40,548$21,066
Pneumonia, with major complications 19311$77,101$23,300
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20811$119,364$51,787
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$75,002$21,744
Fainting 31211$38,686$17,947
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Mcc 67311$146,466$69,695
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$71,557$27,518
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