58/100
#1,005 nationally
Bristol Hospital
41 Brewster Rd, Bristol, CT 06010 · (860) 585-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bristol Hospital billed $3.88 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 32
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CT
- #19
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $19,483 | $2,983 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $48,495 | $16,376 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $9,969 | $1,788 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $36,115 | $11,284 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $8,816 | $2,123 | -25% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $47,837 | $13,424 | +33% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $19,735 | $2,600 | +68% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $34,113 | $11,906 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $22,395 | $3,556 | +17% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $11,232 | $2,272 | -13% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,735 | $2,600 | +68% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,440 | $3,859 | +48% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$47,837 | $13,424 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,721 | $1,787 | +25% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,725 | $1,793 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,395 | $3,556 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,140 | $6,437 | +17% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$30,748 | $7,448 | +3% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$34,669 | $11,188 | -28% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$30,084 | $10,643 | -28% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$51,374 | $15,137 | -28% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,923 | $5,772 | -27% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$34,113 | $11,906 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$48,495 | $16,376 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,816 | $2,123 | -25% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$140,542 | $41,550 | -21% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.