US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in Connecticut

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$48,650typical hospital bill
$16,007typical amount paid
$13,548–$26,374range paid across 6 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,650 for this stay in 2024, about 3.0 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
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich11$49,788$13,548
Stamford HospitalStamford19$35,971$15,807
Norwalk HospitalNorwalk18$47,512$15,840
Griffin HospitalDerby27$45,663$16,174
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport16$52,679$17,614
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven68$105,321$26,374

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.