2601 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, 11235 · (718) 616-4834
Beds
267
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$845.7M
FY 2025
Net income
$218.2M
Patient care margin 5.4%
Discharges
12,008
Occupancy 128.4%
Clinicians
369
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 | $845.7M | $799.9M | 5.4% | $218.2M | 12,008 | $114.4M | 30.1% | 17.7% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.5% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.7% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 15.2% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 8.3% | 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
| 2024 | $613.2M | $752.9M | -22.8% | $15.7M | 12,022 | $104.6M | 29.3% | 7.0% |
| 2023 | $588.5M | $685.6M | -16.5% | -$5.5M | 11,278 | $94.2M | 31.3% | 19.5% |
| 2022 | $576.7M | $698.1M | -21.1% | $24.7M | 10,720 | $90.4M | 31.9% | 21.1% |
| 2021 | $541.3M | $825.6M | -52.5% | -$56.4M | 9,559 | $84.5M | 33.4% | 19.1% |
| 2020 | $406.6M | $607.3M | -49.4% | -$42.8M | 11,696 | $81.7M | 32.1% | 9.1% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 16.6% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 21.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.08 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.32 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.82 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.67 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 73% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 72% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 52% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 63% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 69% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 60% | 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) | 160 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 6% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 30% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 31% | US median 79% |
| 106 |
| $65,113.93 |
| $18,638.31 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 99 | $69,270.90 | $22,806.83 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 71 | $220,371.63 | $62,540.54 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 71 | $78,796.35 | $22,041.13 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 68 | $38,250.62 | $13,611.21 | $6,636.32 |
| DRG 884 ORGANIC DISTURBANCES AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | 65 | $53,335.60 | $23,038.58 | $13,593.39 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 58 | $64,228.24 | $17,374.09 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 56 | $86,870.39 | $24,682.71 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 52 | $45,383.75 | $12,733.31 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 870 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS | 51 | $225,458.82 | $81,807.10 | $58,777.93 |
| DRG 208 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURS | 49 | $93,423.61 | $36,489.65 | $21,993.66 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 48 | $77,717.15 | $18,849.75 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 47 | $56,758.62 | $17,283.32 | $8,838.11 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 307 | 259 | $2,478.39 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 32 | 29 | $608.37 | $502.15 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 28 | 26 | $1,846.64 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 25 | 25 | $1,428.01 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 23 | 23 | $4,589.27 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 17 | 17 | $2,889.87 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 17 | 15 | $3,136.65 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 16 | 16 | $1,457.72 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 15 | 14 | $3,160.68 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 14 | 13 | $2,112.78 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | - | - | - | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5222 Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $6,513.82 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 12 | $57K |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ZBH | 2 | $2,209 |
| Immucor, Inc. | 1 | $24.2 |
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.
South Brooklyn Health is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Brooklyn, NY with 267 beds, part of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and a 2-star overall rating.
South Brooklyn Health in Brooklyn, NY has 267 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 371 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 12,008 inpatients that year, with 128.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), South Brooklyn Health reported net patient revenue of $845.7M and operating expenses of $799.9M, a margin on patient care of 5.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $218.2M (21.4% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
South Brooklyn Health is part of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, a health system with 11 hospitals based in New York, NY. It is a government-owned hospital.
South Brooklyn Health has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, South Brooklyn Health provides emergency services.
369 Medicare clinicians list South Brooklyn Health as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine.
In 2024, South Brooklyn Health had 2,684 Medicare inpatient stays in 70 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 478 stays; Medicare paid $26,973.47 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $59K in payments to South Brooklyn Health as a teaching hospital ($59K general and - for research) from 3 companies.