71/100
#604 nationally
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
540 Litchfield St, Torrington, CT 06790 · (860) 496-6666
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital billed $3.51 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 55
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CT
- #4
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% 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 |
486 | $11,846 | $3,007 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
189 | $55,955 | $16,299 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $2,050 | $724 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $8,907 | $2,216 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $5,914 | $1,601 | -41% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $38,695 | $10,908 | -11% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $6,743 | $2,575 | -43% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $42,912 | $13,860 | -22% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $49,706 | $13,673 | +38% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $43,460 | $11,194 | -7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$49,706 | $13,673 | +38% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$54,250 | $12,939 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$40,409 | $8,199 | about average |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$31,813 | $7,425 | about average |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$46,645 | $10,568 | -4% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$46,517 | $10,939 | -4% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$33,000 | $7,327 | -5% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$53,874 | $14,623 | -5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,125 | $1,893 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,800 | $3,047 | -62% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,534 | $3,442 | -61% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,393 | $3,859 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,390 | $3,349 | -59% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,512 | $5,772 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,761 | $11,896 | -54% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,108 | $3,856 | -51% |
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.