Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$47,726typical hospital bill

$12,886typical amount paid

$10,820–$21,393range paid across 18 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $47,726 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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	14	$53,257	$10,820
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital	New London	29	$41,893	$11,187
The Hospital of Central Connecticut	New Britain	26	$48,003	$11,551
William W Backus Hospital	Norwich	26	$47,449	$11,646
Greenwich Hospital Association -	Greenwich	27	$39,642	$11,864
Middlesex Hospital	Middletown	25	$54,339	$11,950
Bridgeport Hospital	Bridgeport	40	$38,633	$12,675
Danbury Hospital	Danbury	28	$39,810	$12,765
St Francis Hospital & Medical Center	Hartford	25	$56,786	$12,866
Saint Mary's Hospital	Waterbury	13	$40,638	$12,906
Waterbury Hospital	Waterbury	12	$38,680	$13,132
Stamford Hospital	Stamford	40	$58,106	$13,388
St Vincent's Medical Center	Bridgeport	13	$52,148	$14,133
Hartford Hospital	Hartford	48	$67,621	$14,464
Norwalk Hospital	Norwalk	34	$50,213	$14,743
Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven	55	$47,197	$16,243
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect	Farmington	13	$46,209	$18,898
Manchester Memorial Hospital	Manchester	14	$73,889	$21,393

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.