Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$71,006typical hospital bill

$21,141typical amount paid

$17,438–$29,958range paid across 20 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $71,006 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital	Torrington	14	$56,632	$17,438
Midstate Medical Center	Meriden	28	$58,044	$17,599
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	32	$67,765	$18,575
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	35	$57,446	$18,583
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	55	$66,425	$18,866
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	24	$63,496	$19,293
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	26	$69,947	$19,650
Griffin Hospital	Derby	13	$75,995	$20,205
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	66	$72,066	$20,691
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	39	$103,354	$21,128
Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	21	$65,172	$21,154
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	42	$62,809	$21,205
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	35	$83,013	$21,416
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	78	$77,174	$22,222
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	35	$77,702	$23,141
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	42	$84,558	$23,609
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	17	$101,914	$23,831
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	88	$72,760	$24,875
Sharon Hospital	Sharon	11	$51,878	$26,304
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect	Farmington	22	$80,607	$29,958

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.