451 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203 · (718) 245-3901
Beds
381
FY 2025
Star rating
1 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.09B
FY 2025
Net income
-$62.5M
Patient care margin -28.0%
Discharges
15,126
Occupancy 91.3%
Clinicians
169
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 | $1.09B | $1.40B | -28.0% | -$62.5M | 15,126 | $184.3M | 10.9% | 21.2% |
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 | 9.1% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 8.9% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.9% |
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 | $1.10B | $1.30B | -18.9% | $26.8M | 15,245 | $160.8M | 10.6% | 22.4% |
| 2023 | $1.03B | $1.18B | -15.0% | -$4.9M | 14,468 | $154.3M | 10.4% | 22.3% |
| 2022 | $1.08B | $1.20B | -10.9% | $64.9M | 14,701 | $120.8M | 12.5% | 22.3% |
| 2021 | $986.2M | $1.18B | -19.8% | $83.7M | 14,161 | $137.7M | 11.7% | 25.1% |
| 2020 | $859.2M | $1.02B | -18.2% | $24.9M | 15,511 | $133.9M | 12.6% | 24.6% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.2% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 19.3% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.7% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.18 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.30 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.24 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.71 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.25 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.63 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 77% | 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 | 47% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 64% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 70% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% | US median 71% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 261 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 9% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 45% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 31% | US median 79% |
| 35 |
| $71,152.11 |
| $29,098.09 |
| $13,593.39 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 32 | $87,194.88 | $39,052.22 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 32 | $52,765.94 | $25,957.06 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 638 DIABETES WITH CC | 28 | $47,477.25 | $22,333.75 | $6,926.41 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 27 | $301,123.00 | $69,315.48 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 26 | $70,117.85 | $35,480.27 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 25 | $55,140.84 | $32,172.16 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 24 | $71,170.46 | $28,850.63 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 057 DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 23 | $68,922.61 | $25,408.61 | $11,625.30 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 22 | $63,345.95 | $29,588.45 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 21 | $76,615.10 | $30,901.10 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $53,439.76 | $23,999.57 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 870 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS | 20 | $301,037.05 | $96,074.80 | $58,777.93 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 172 | 162 | $2,426.80 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 28 | 26 | $599.61 | $502.15 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 25 | 22 | $2,091.38 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 21 | 19 | $1,726.42 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 14 | 14 | $4,634.36 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 13 | 13 | $1,340.01 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | - | - | - | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $2,832.62 |
| APC 5155 Level 5 Airway Endoscopy | - | - | - | $5,183.46 |
| APC 5163 Level 3 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $1,105.91 |
| APC 5165 Level 5 ENT Procedures | - | - | - | $4,436.36 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
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.
Kings County Hospital Center is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Brooklyn, NY with 381 beds, part of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and a 1-star overall rating.
Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY has 381 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 639 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 15,126 inpatients that year, with 91.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Kings County Hospital Center reported net patient revenue of $1.09B and operating expenses of $1.40B, a margin on patient care of -28.0%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$62.5M (-4.7% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Kings County Hospital Center 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.
Kings County Hospital Center has an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Kings County Hospital Center provides emergency services.
169 Medicare clinicians list Kings County Hospital Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Kings County Hospital Center had 902 Medicare inpatient stays in 34 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 205 stays; Medicare paid $38,635.81 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $100K in payments to Kings County Hospital Center as a teaching hospital ($7,604 general and $93K for research) from 3 companies.