Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$170,592typical hospital bill

$48,932typical amount paid

$37,806–$73,200range paid across 21 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $170,592 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	34	$101,965	$37,806
Day Kimball Hospital	Putnam	13	$78,825	$41,195
Bristol Hospital	Bristol	11	$140,542	$41,550
Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	32	$110,871	$42,679
Midstate Medical Center	Meriden	25	$116,232	$43,513
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	19	$175,058	$44,398
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	37	$139,722	$45,407
Manchester Memorial Hospital	Manchester	18	$136,076	$45,860
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	37	$183,911	$46,757
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	97	$170,592	$48,633
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	54	$158,798	$48,932
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	33	$247,107	$50,864
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	49	$181,892	$51,662
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	33	$285,168	$51,800
Griffin Hospital	Derby	15	$190,232	$51,982
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	46	$164,674	$52,017
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	37	$206,659	$52,158
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	49	$224,055	$61,430
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	84	$258,867	$63,992
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect	Farmington	30	$128,685	$69,541
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	129	$243,076	$73,200

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.