US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$40,664typical hospital bill
$10,386typical amount paid
$8,391–$13,656range paid across 12 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,664 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 London15$33,866$8,391
Midstate Medical CenterMeriden18$34,818$8,545
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown18$39,287$9,167
Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury13$41,938$9,769
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport15$43,265$10,239
Stamford HospitalStamford21$48,359$10,310
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford16$48,850$10,462
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport21$26,473$10,528
Danbury HospitalDanbury18$37,747$10,710
Norwalk HospitalNorwalk16$39,389$11,448
Hartford HospitalHartford44$46,217$11,588
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven56$44,088$13,656

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.