Bowel surgery, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc

$148,827typical hospital bill

$47,058typical amount paid

$36,951–$63,716range paid across 10 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $148,827 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	20	$152,138	$36,951
Midstate Medical Center	Meriden	24	$140,942	$43,300
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	18	$127,736	$43,533
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	21	$138,335	$44,878
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	12	$198,249	$45,804
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	17	$145,516	$48,311
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	30	$130,485	$49,796
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	14	$182,278	$50,208
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	30	$236,243	$62,269
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	50	$181,874	$63,716

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.