US Health Care Costs

Interstitial Lung Disease with Mcc in Connecticut

MS-DRG 196: Interstitial lung disease with mcc

$76,500typical hospital bill
$20,913typical amount paid
$17,314–$25,284range paid across 3 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $76,500 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Danbury HospitalDanbury13$39,004$17,314
Hartford HospitalHartford13$100,150$20,913
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven20$76,500$25,284

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.