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

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$93,323typical hospital bill

$28,439typical amount paid

$24,385–$44,495range paid across 14 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,323 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	18	$85,829	$24,385
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	16	$85,262	$24,840
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	14	$82,865	$25,268
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	12	$93,795	$27,468
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	25	$137,006	$27,617
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	12	$92,850	$27,925
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	37	$91,856	$28,261
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	13	$90,185	$28,618
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	30	$76,220	$28,895
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	18	$107,904	$29,004
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	36	$112,529	$31,596
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	17	$140,760	$32,678
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	59	$107,161	$37,859
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	13	$183,798	$44,495

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.