US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$30,560typical hospital bill
$9,718typical amount paid
$7,327–$12,292range paid across 14 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,560 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 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
Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington14$33,000$7,327
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London16$24,248$8,062
William W Backus HospitalNorwich20$31,041$8,282
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich12$22,290$8,440
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown23$32,263$8,443
Danbury HospitalDanbury13$28,932$8,871
Stamford HospitalStamford12$38,925$9,703
Midstate Medical CenterMeriden18$29,737$9,734
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford17$30,079$9,772
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain14$33,391$10,019
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport38$22,410$10,554
Norwalk HospitalNorwalk11$29,438$11,156
Hartford HospitalHartford27$53,873$11,541
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven51$44,711$12,292

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.