Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Connecticut

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$71,950typical hospital bill

$21,253typical amount paid

$18,028–$30,618range paid across 18 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $71,950 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
Midstate Medical Center	Meriden	20	$55,811	$18,028
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	15	$64,488	$19,185
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	28	$95,628	$19,412
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	18	$53,141	$19,526
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	21	$80,703	$19,830
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	28	$68,836	$20,311
Manchester Memorial Hospital	Manchester	14	$65,027	$20,644
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	21	$106,968	$20,959
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	11	$89,680	$21,172
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	18	$72,338	$21,335
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	24	$90,537	$21,370
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	14	$62,902	$21,919
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	17	$83,837	$22,130
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	27	$83,218	$22,541
Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	15	$69,948	$22,605
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	32	$73,761	$23,619
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	42	$71,563	$27,277
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect	Farmington	18	$61,933	$30,618

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.