US Health Care Costs

Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Mcc in Connecticut

MS-DRG 521: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture with mcc

$96,867typical hospital bill
$28,495typical amount paid
$23,152–$39,481range paid across 6 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $96,867 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London11$82,592$23,152
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich16$108,822$25,866
William W Backus HospitalNorwich16$81,536$27,381
Hartford HospitalHartford16$88,021$29,610
Danbury HospitalDanbury17$105,712$30,163
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven32$116,567$39,481

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.