US Health Care Costs

Cellulitis with Mcc in Connecticut

MS-DRG 602: Cellulitis with mcc

$50,139typical hospital bill
$14,510typical amount paid
$12,475–$19,363range paid across 7 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $50,139 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London12$37,093$12,475
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich14$37,235$13,231
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown16$50,139$13,863
Stamford HospitalStamford18$44,327$14,510
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport28$51,307$15,752
Hartford HospitalHartford20$74,044$16,955
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven41$72,557$19,363

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.