Heart catheterization, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$100,038typical hospital bill

$23,521typical amount paid

$19,990–$31,854range paid across 8 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $100,038 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	13	$64,473	$19,990
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	18	$81,329	$21,815
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	23	$105,690	$22,455
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	26	$92,485	$23,080
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	21	$115,784	$23,963
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	33	$94,385	$24,238
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	78	$129,870	$27,324
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	86	$110,611	$31,854

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.