Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$45,734typical hospital bill

$13,659typical amount paid

$10,939–$20,620range paid across 20 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,734 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital	Torrington	28	$46,517	$10,939
Midstate Medical Center	Meriden	28	$45,254	$11,202
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	23	$42,829	$11,538
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	25	$36,552	$11,591
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	42	$41,843	$12,036
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	23	$45,796	$12,075
Day Kimball Hospital	Putnam	12	$37,334	$12,287
Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	18	$35,764	$13,133
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	38	$43,657	$13,459
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	36	$61,921	$13,615
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	25	$48,629	$13,703
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	46	$64,662	$13,954
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	67	$45,671	$13,971
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	41	$41,480	$14,186
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	33	$58,881	$14,890
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	57	$45,374	$15,022
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	82	$57,280	$15,704
Manchester Memorial Hospital	Manchester	23	$60,044	$16,299
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	103	$68,104	$19,375
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect	Farmington	28	$48,974	$20,620

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.