Back problems (no surgery) in Connecticut

MS-DRG 552: Medical back problems without mcc

$40,078typical hospital bill

$10,157typical amount paid

$8,694–$14,112range paid across 15 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,078 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	13	$40,078	$8,694
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	12	$35,922	$8,861
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	23	$32,436	$8,976
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	20	$43,854	$9,226
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	19	$34,228	$9,581
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	20	$34,055	$9,905
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	15	$40,562	$9,950
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	41	$52,108	$10,157
Griffin Hospital	Derby	14	$33,040	$10,338
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	34	$34,463	$10,442
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	24	$38,671	$10,459
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	42	$42,119	$10,822
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	28	$45,039	$10,929
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	44	$40,990	$11,165
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	63	$45,573	$14,112

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.