US Health Care Costs

Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale in Connecticut

MS-DRG 175: Pulmonary embolism with mcc or acute cor pulmonale

$56,069typical hospital bill
$15,270typical amount paid
$12,451–$21,983range paid across 12 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,069 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
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London13$49,191$12,451
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport15$73,389$13,989
Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury19$49,542$14,042
Danbury HospitalDanbury43$35,888$14,266
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford17$63,051$14,509
Stamford HospitalStamford12$71,002$14,964
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport26$53,590$15,576
Midstate Medical CenterMeriden13$58,638$15,627
William W Backus HospitalNorwich19$52,560$17,192
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven56$54,763$17,767
Hartford HospitalHartford37$79,170$19,165
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of ConnectFarmington16$57,374$21,983

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.