US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Connecticut

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$39,890typical hospital bill
$12,092typical amount paid
$9,685–$17,715range paid across 23 hospitals

Connecticut hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,890 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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 HospitalTorrington19$32,344$9,685
Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London40$47,790$9,938
Midstate Medical CenterMeriden41$39,890$10,108
William W Backus HospitalNorwich25$37,811$10,157
Bristol HospitalBristol14$36,611$10,333
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown82$38,445$10,472
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich54$37,723$10,538
Day Kimball HospitalPutnam20$35,656$11,048
Griffin HospitalDerby14$49,399$11,675
The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain26$48,228$11,813
Danbury HospitalDanbury66$32,463$11,904
St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford35$44,547$12,092
Stamford HospitalStamford91$50,388$12,212
Norwalk HospitalNorwalk60$39,063$12,255
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport49$44,524$12,398
Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester31$45,321$12,547
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport121$34,519$12,594
Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury17$38,182$12,914
Hartford HospitalHartford93$53,282$14,112
Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic22$31,384$14,150
Waterbury HospitalWaterbury47$63,295$14,257
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven111$49,024$15,834
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of ConnectFarmington43$44,471$17,715

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.