US Health Care Costs

Seizures in Connecticut

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$42,109typical hospital bill
$9,664typical amount paid
$8,761–$12,484range paid across 7 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,109 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown17$42,109$8,761
Danbury HospitalDanbury11$32,625$9,230
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport12$27,068$9,523
Stamford HospitalStamford15$57,588$9,664
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford23$29,281$11,105
Hartford HospitalHartford41$45,692$11,867
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven55$44,369$12,484

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.