US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Connecticut

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$29,375typical hospital bill
$8,395typical amount paid
$6,846–$12,828range paid across 22 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,375 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 HospitalTorrington25$24,108$6,846
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London33$26,884$7,165
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich46$27,876$7,388
William W Backus HospitalNorwich33$28,540$7,394
Bristol HospitalBristol18$30,748$7,448
Day Kimball HospitalPutnam12$18,503$7,574
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown71$34,663$7,698
Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester23$34,863$8,168
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain20$31,105$8,278
Midstate Medical CenterMeriden32$29,009$8,284
Griffin HospitalDerby27$36,992$8,307
Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury16$23,789$8,482
Danbury HospitalDanbury23$26,933$8,487
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford23$27,793$8,499
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport84$25,006$8,855
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport25$35,392$8,867
Stamford HospitalStamford74$41,128$8,930
Norwalk HospitalNorwalk30$29,742$8,973
Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic17$27,446$9,848
Hartford HospitalHartford93$37,069$10,032
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven87$32,801$11,544
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of ConnectFarmington31$31,484$12,828

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.