Diabetes, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$64,014typical hospital bill

$15,847typical amount paid

$13,530–$21,503range paid across 9 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,014 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Midstate Medical Center	Meriden	14	$37,677	$13,530
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	12	$84,754	$14,941
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	28	$41,339	$15,103
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	33	$47,425	$15,773
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	21	$77,632	$15,847
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	39	$61,352	$15,903
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	11	$64,014	$16,700
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	16	$115,756	$20,789
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	48	$73,992	$21,503

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.