• Financial data for hospital cost report period ending 12/31/2010 (HCRIS 268104).
  • Medicare IPPS claims data are for federal fiscal year ending 09/30/2010 (Final rule MedPAR).
  • Medicare OPPS claims data are for calendar year ending 12/31/2010.
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Buffalo General Hospital
Buffalo, NY  14203
Medicare Provider Number: 330005

Identification and Characteristics

Name and Address: Buffalo General Hospital
100 High Street
Buffalo, NY  14203
Telephone Number: (716) 859-5600
Hospital Website: bgh.kaleidahealth.org
Medicare Provider ID: 330005
   
Type of Facility: Short Term Acute Care
Type of Control: Voluntary Nonprofit, Other
Total Staffed Beds: 1,241
   
Total Patient Revenue: $2,315,193,577
Total Discharges: 61,403
Total Patient Days: 368,452
     
 
N O T E S
Data for this facility include information for DeGraff Memorial Hospital, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, and the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
 
     

Clinical Services

Cardiovascular Services
Cardiac Cath Lab
Cardiac Rehab
Cardiac Surgery
Coronary Interventions
Electrophysiology
Vascular Intervention
Vascular Surgery
Emergency Services
Emergency Department
Neurosciences
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Organ Transplant (Medicare certified)
Kidney Transplant (08/01/1973)
Pancreas Transplant (07/01/1999)
Orthopedic Services
Arthroscopy
Joint Replacement
Spine Surgery
Other Services
Hemodialysis
Inpatient Surgery
Lithotripsy (ESWL)
Obstetrics
Radiology / Nuclear Medicine / Imaging
Computed Tomography (CT)
Computed Tomography-Angiography (CTA)
Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT)
Rehabilitation Services
Physical Therapy
Special Care
Coronary Intensive Care (CCU)
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Neonatal Intensive Care
Surgical Intensive Care (SICU)
Subprovider Units
Psychiatric
Rehabilitation
Skilled Nursing (SNF)
Wound Care
Hyperbaric Oxygen
Wound Care

DNV Hospital Accreditation

  • Accredited for the period: 10/29/2010 - 10/29/2013

Teaching Status

  • Data are from multiple sources / Definitions
  • ACGME data are from the Graduate Medical Education Database, Copyright 2005, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • See FREIDA OnLine for more / Last Update 05/12/2011
  • COTH data are from the Association of American Medical Colleges / Division of Health Care Affairs / Council of Teaching Hospitals
  • See COTH website for more / Last Updated 05/13/2011
  • Teaching status = Yes / Number of interns and Residents = 387 FTEs
  • Actively involved as major participant in ACGME-accredited specialty and subspecialty programs
  • Major teaching hospital; member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems (COTH)

Inpatient Utilization Statistics by Medical Service

  Number
Medicare
Inpatients
Average
Length
of Stay
Average
Charges
Medicare
Case Mix
Index (CMI)
Cardiology 2,623 4.53 $14,311 0.9742
Cardiovascular Surgery 1,259 6.06 $58,366 3.5891
Gynecology 139 4.01 $24,268 0.9969
Medicine 3,394 6.55 $19,353 1.1391
Neurology 1,407 5.51 $20,411 1.0956
Neurosurgery 203 9.41 $67,286 3.3274
Obstetrics 76 4.53 $10,215 0.6938
Oncology 205 7.26 $20,751 1.4416
Orthopedic Surgery 1,375 5.38 $43,161 2.3637
Orthopedics 503 5.45 $13,791 0.8981
Psychiatry 716 15.37 $19,956 0.8550
Pulmonology 1,381 6.29 $20,027 1.2602
Surgery 1,003 13.63 $71,999 3.3136
Surgery for Malignancy 83 6.47 $36,367 1.7709
Urology 848 6.00 $19,497 1.1908
Vascular Surgery 318 7.27 $51,191 2.2256
Total 15,534 6.77 $28,568 1.6022

Inpatient Origin for Top 3 Zip Codes

  • Medicare Hospital Market Service Area File for calendar year ending 12/31/2010 / Definitions
ZIP Code of Residence Discharges Days of Care Charges Discharges Inc/(Dec) Market Share
14221 2,492 14,437 $57,151,465 -1.1% 74.3%
14120 1,628 9,617 $40,677,739 -4.1% 66.4%
14150 1,283 7,091 $29,932,921 -1.0% 46.0%

Outpatient Utilization Statistics by APC

APC
Number
APC Description Number
Patient
Claims
Average
Charge
Average
Cost
0080 Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization 1,123 $320 $254
0616 Level 5 Type A Emergency Visits 3,296 $1,271 $316
0083 Coronary or Non-Coronary Angioplasty and Percutaneous Valvuloplasty 502 $1,198 $341
0107 Insertion of Cardioverter-Defibrillator 56 $2,710 $693
0656 Transcatheter Placement of Intracoronary Drug-Eluting Stents 162 $729 $578
0615 Level 4 Type A Emergency Visits 4,170 $745 $185
0605 Level 2 Hospital Clinic Visits 12,680 $96 $78
0143 Lower GI Endoscopy 1,495 $862 $447
0229 Transcatherter Placement of Intravascular Shunts 135 $813 $189
0332 Computed Tomography without Contrast 3,437 $695 $82
0606 Level 3 Hospital Clinic Visits 6,970 $158 $129
0260 Level I Plain Film Except Teeth 12,881 $161 $55
9209 Laronidase injection 42 $87 $37
0377 Level II Cardiac Imaging 664 $1,370 $464
0614 Level 3 Type A Emergency Visits 3,526 $461 $115
0672 Level III Posterior Segment Eye Procedures 198 $5,014 $1,169
0039 Level I Implantation of Neurostimulator Generator 36 $3,094 $721
0141 Level I Upper GI Procedures 780 $682 $351
0333 Computed Tomography without Contrast followed by Contrast 846 $1,119 $131
0162 Level III Cystourethroscopy and other Genitourinary Procedures 217 $1,534 $358

Beds and Patient Days by Unit

  Available Beds Inpatient Days
HOSPITAL
(including swing beds)
   
Routine Services 790 221,882
Special Care 216 62,208
Nursery 0 13,193
Total Hospital 1,241 368,452

Financial Statistics

  $ %
Gross Patient Revenue $2,315,193,577 93.5
Non-Patient Revenue $161,488,928 6.5
Total Revenue $2,476,682,505  
Net Income (or Loss) $13,552,000 0.5