Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$30,650typical hospital bill

$8,065typical amount paid

$6,409–$11,772range paid across 19 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,650 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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	11	$24,150	$6,409
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	47	$25,025	$6,905
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	30	$25,313	$6,999
Midstate Medical Center	Meriden	24	$30,382	$7,192
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	41	$28,242	$7,220
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	24	$57,033	$7,670
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	34	$30,139	$7,696
Griffin Hospital	Derby	14	$37,415	$7,919
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	33	$38,907	$7,963
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	45	$29,342	$8,065
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	18	$33,144	$8,255
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	34	$32,173	$8,547
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	79	$31,198	$8,592
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	22	$34,164	$8,616
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	45	$29,878	$8,642
Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	24	$29,924	$8,645
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	96	$40,463	$9,677
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	93	$30,650	$10,670
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect	Farmington	12	$37,458	$11,772

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.