61/100
#913 nationally
Danbury Hospital
24 Hospital Ave, Danbury, CT 06810 · (203) 739-7000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Danbury Hospital billed $3.70 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 149
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CT
- #13
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% 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 |
1,277 | $25,171 | $3,036 | +30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
815 | $56,184 | $20,025 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
261 | $38,780 | $13,087 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
255 | $9,888 | $2,122 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
227 | $12,014 | $1,822 | +19% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $69,731 | $14,734 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
197 | $9,527 | $2,582 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $44,575 | $6,420 | +27% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $18,952 | $3,840 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
158 | $28,351 | $3,630 | +12% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$207,961 | $34,772 | +85% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,178 | $6,590 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,063 | $3,534 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,554 | $7,339 | +41% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$236,243 | $62,269 | +32% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,171 | $3,036 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,824 | $11,570 | +29% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,636 | $8,026 | +27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$39,004 | $17,314 | -51% |
|
Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 205 · Inpatient stay |
$37,932 | $17,003 | -50% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$29,763 | $14,649 | -47% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$33,814 | $14,911 | -44% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$39,945 | $18,052 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$29,344 | $12,872 | -39% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$43,074 | $16,845 | -35% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$35,888 | $14,266 | -34% |
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.