US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$89,032typical hospital bill
$19,661typical amount paid
$14,553–$31,522range paid across 17 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $89,032 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington18$55,896$14,553
Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury21$51,207$17,276
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich31$48,248$17,601
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London29$54,282$17,818
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown12$98,673$18,844
Stamford HospitalStamford34$108,288$18,949
William W Backus HospitalNorwich22$52,201$19,195
Danbury HospitalDanbury72$52,308$19,266
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport41$56,646$19,661
Waterbury HospitalWaterbury24$99,098$20,075
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain28$89,374$20,532
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport32$98,711$20,883
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford45$89,032$22,781
Norwalk HospitalNorwalk33$75,870$22,829
Hartford HospitalHartford91$95,324$23,195
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven128$126,495$28,519
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of ConnectFarmington16$92,015$31,522

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.