US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc in Connecticut

MS-DRG 390: Gastrointestinal obstruction without cc/mcc

$23,421typical hospital bill
$6,258typical amount paid
$5,670–$7,561range paid across 4 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,421 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown11$28,018$5,670
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain12$22,357$5,998
Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury12$24,486$6,517
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven11$18,327$7,561

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.