Heart catheterization in Connecticut

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$44,357typical hospital bill

$12,277typical amount paid

$10,244–$15,106range paid across 9 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,357 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	14	$31,727	$10,244
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	14	$39,923	$10,438
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	12	$54,110	$10,742
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	17	$44,357	$11,596
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	17	$34,581	$12,277
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	29	$47,075	$12,330
Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	12	$50,731	$12,925
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	45	$60,927	$14,983
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	51	$37,156	$15,106

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.