736 Cambridge Street, Nevins Building, Brighton, MA, 02135 · (617) 789-3000
Beds
230
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$297.8M
FY 2025
Net income
-$133.5M
Patient care margin -48.6%
Discharges
7,690
Occupancy 46.7%
Clinicians
430
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $297.8M | $442.6M | -48.6% | -$133.5M | 7,690 | $2.7M | 27.4% | 14.2% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.1% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.5% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 9.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 8.9% | US median 11.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2023 | $388.2M | $429.6M | -10.7% | -$13.4M | 9,568 | $5.3M | 29.3% | 20.0% |
| 2022 | $428.5M | $425.6M | 0.7% | $32.5M | 10,062 | $3.8M | 31.7% | 14.7% |
| 2021 | $422.5M | $395.0M | 6.5% | $43.4M | 10,682 | $4.9M | 33.4% | 17.5% |
| 2020 | $380.0M | $391.0M | -2.9% | $24.7M | 10,458 | $5.8M | 35.0% | 16.9% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 9.8% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 15.8% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.3% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 6.4% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.1% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 2.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.79 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.19 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.52 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.79 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 · better |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.46 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 81% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 81% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 46% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 71% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 68% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 69% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 146 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 16% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 40% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 97% | US median 79% |
| DRG 895 ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITH REHABILITATION THERAPY |
| 51 |
| $13,435.29 |
| $15,742.65 |
| $12,280.05 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 51 | $22,174.00 | $12,889.69 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 235 CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 37 | $110,218.57 | $61,077.86 | $45,289.81 |
| DRG 266 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 36 | $297,032.69 | $95,318.39 | $52,994.82 |
| DRG 100 SEIZURES WITH MCC | 35 | $41,038.57 | $20,640.66 | $16,544.07 |
| DRG 897 ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITHOUT MCC | 29 | $13,828.72 | $7,989.34 | $7,306.07 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 28 | $44,062.86 | $17,539.14 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 286 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 28 | $35,486.50 | $22,598.14 | $17,632.75 |
| DRG 236 CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 28 | $74,671.36 | $38,839.39 | $29,653.93 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 27 | $47,804.48 | $17,894.44 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 27 | $23,189.89 | $15,805.63 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 26 | $41,770.00 | $20,187.23 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 025 CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 24 | $68,937.46 | $41,153.13 | $37,824.45 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 129 | 129 | $2,514.82 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 125 | 123 | $23,605.64 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 91 | 91 | $9,820.31 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 79 | 79 | $2,282.86 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 69 | 64 | $1,652.12 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 65 | 59 | $1,564.41 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 63 | 57 | $10,002.29 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 42 | 42 | $2,725.10 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5232 Level 2 ICD and Similar Procedures | 41 | 41 | $33,583.80 | $29,374.70 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 35 | 32 | $4,426.28 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 34 | 33 | $1,376.87 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 30 | 29 | $12,066.29 | $10,771.69 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EW | 1 | $318K |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ZBH | 1 | $269K |
| Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC | 1 | $105K |
| Penumbra, Inc. PEN | 1 | $94K |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $70K |
| Immucor, Inc. | 1 | $6,122 |
| Baxter Healthcare BAX | 6 | $5,472 |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. BMY | 1 | $3,333 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC JNJ | 1 | $1,750 |
| Abbvie Inc. ABBV | 1 | $1,657 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Boston Medical Center-Brighton is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Brighton, MA with 230 beds, part of Steward Health Care System and a 3-star overall rating.
Boston Medical Center-Brighton in Brighton, MA has 230 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 252 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 7,690 inpatients that year, with 46.7% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Boston Medical Center-Brighton reported net patient revenue of $297.8M and operating expenses of $442.6M, a margin on patient care of -48.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$133.5M (-43.2% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Boston Medical Center-Brighton is part of Steward Health Care System, a health system with 3 hospitals based in Dallas, TX. It is a for-profit hospital.
Boston Medical Center-Brighton has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Boston Medical Center-Brighton provides emergency services.
430 Medicare clinicians list Boston Medical Center-Brighton as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Anesthesiology.
In 2024, Boston Medical Center-Brighton had 1,227 Medicare inpatient stays in 54 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 88 stays; Medicare paid $20,355.43 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $875K in payments to Boston Medical Center-Brighton as a teaching hospital ($798K general and $77K for research) from 12 companies.