US Health Care Costs

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

374 Stockholm Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · (718) 963-7272

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

The money

$38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$45.5Mnet income, all sources
−35.9%margin on patient care alone
$4.3Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$815,377unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
240beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871140$66,085$28,229
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$42,001$16,489
Heart attack, with major complications 28034$32,980$21,186
Respiratory failure 18933$34,283$17,188
Fainting 31231$16,212$12,271
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$53,892$18,375
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64027$80,692$28,702
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$53,893$21,451
Sepsis 87220$23,824$14,568
Diabetes, with major complications 63719$41,058$18,224
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37818$25,140$13,090
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68917$35,026$17,308
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$229,892$91,585
Stroke, with major complications 06414$57,840$26,924
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$21,927$13,499
Seizures 10114$16,524$12,325
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$22,820$11,848
Kidney failure, with major complications 68214$25,576$19,066
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37713$44,881$21,930
Urinary tract infection 69013$20,053$11,963
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69813$31,689$21,928
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81113$31,853$19,006
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06912$14,406$11,001
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$20,919$11,433
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$20,329$12,886
Seizures with Mcc 10011$42,842$21,980
Chest pain 31311$11,755$10,098

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".