US Health Care Costs

Postoperative and Post-Traumatic Infections with Mcc in Connecticut

MS-DRG 862: Postoperative and post-traumatic infections with mcc

$77,975typical hospital bill
$20,811typical amount paid
$20,567–$21,056range paid across 2 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $77,975 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Hartford HospitalHartford15$66,811$20,567
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven13$89,139$21,056

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.