445 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY, 11203 · (718) 270-1000
Beds
268
FY 2025
Star rating
1 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$412.7M
FY 2025
Net income
$139.1M
Patient care margin -31.5%
Discharges
7,804
Occupancy 53.6%
Clinicians
229
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 | $412.7M | $542.5M | -31.5% | $139.1M | 7,804 | $7.1M | 14.0% | 8.6% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.3% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 12.8% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 21.5% |
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 | $814.1M | $554.0M | 31.9% | $260.0M | 7,968 | $9.5M | 15.0% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | $493.6M | $537.7M | -8.9% | $27.3M | 7,841 | $6.7M | 17.1% | 7.7% |
| 2022 | $363.1M | $530.2M | -46.0% | -$71.4M | 8,102 | $4.6M | 16.5% | 9.4% |
| 2021 | $375.7M | $533.8M | -42.1% | -$76.1M | 8,068 | $2.9M | 15.9% | 7.5% |
| 2020 | $388.3M | $559.7M | -44.1% | -$38.9M | 7,741 | $9.4M | 17.7% | 12.5% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.2% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 23% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.4% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.6% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.1% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.05 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.39 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.86 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 1.36 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 · better |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.49 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 74% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 56% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 61% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 68% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 64% | 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) | 164 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 93% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 35% | US median 79% |
| 23 |
| $74,178.96 |
| $16,571.57 |
| $10,642.23 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 20 | $269,946.30 | $83,718.15 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 20 | $92,060.00 | $22,116.95 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 101 SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $32,729.78 | $11,767.33 | $7,312.59 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 16 | $68,590.50 | $9,372.88 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 16 | $98,611.56 | $25,060.13 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 377 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 16 | $67,147.75 | $23,026.31 | $14,301.50 |
| DRG 252 OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 15 | $192,629.27 | $59,656.47 | $29,696.95 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 15 | $60,985.53 | $14,201.60 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 14 | $127,750.79 | $20,277.71 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $43,609.00 | $11,026.43 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 12 | $81,696.42 | $23,484.75 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 812 RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $72,986.00 | $11,606.08 | $7,177.67 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 117 | 105 | $2,413.09 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 44 | 34 | $2,112.78 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5492 Level 2 Intraocular Procedures | 43 | 40 | $3,685.27 | $3,116.50 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 39 | 31 | $3,160.68 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 35 | 27 | $610.52 | $502.15 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 34 | 31 | $2,884.34 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5184 Level 4 Vascular Procedures | 33 | 30 | $4,981.98 | $3,945.82 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 26 | 21 | $5,182.02 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 24 | 24 | $1,830.96 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 19 | 18 | $1,469.91 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5504 Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures | 17 | 16 | $3,505.39 | $2,968.58 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 14 | 14 | $2,653.39 | $2,207.96 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Immucor, Inc. | 1 | $4,155 |
| Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. | 1 | $1,276 |
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.
SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Brooklyn, NY with 268 beds, part of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and a 1-star overall rating.
SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn in Brooklyn, NY has 268 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 376 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 7,804 inpatients that year, with 53.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn reported net patient revenue of $412.7M and operating expenses of $542.5M, a margin on patient care of -31.5%. After other income and expenses its net income was $139.1M (20.4% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn is part of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, a health system with 2 hospitals based in West Haverstraw, NY. It is a government-owned hospital.
SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn 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, SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn provides emergency services.
229 Medicare clinicians list SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn as a hospital they work at, most often in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology.
In 2024, SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn had 403 Medicare inpatient stays in 22 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 73 stays; Medicare paid $29,314.26 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $5,432 in payments to SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn as a teaching hospital ($5,432 general and - for research) from 2 companies.