CostGrade
A

85/100

#185 nationally

Day Kimball Hospital

320 Pomfret Street, Putnam, CT 06260 · (860) 928-6541

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Day Kimball Hospital billed $2.64 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
2.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
27
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CT
#2
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.

Inpatient charge markup 28.6/35

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.1/25

Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 25.1/30

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.2/10

Better than 82% 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
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

171 $5,947 $2,600 -49%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

151 $15,415 $3,022 -21%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

96 $40,984 $17,368 -37%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

96 $1,368 $762 -56%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

65 $6,056 $1,809 -40%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

50 $27,515 $11,847 -37%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

47 $36,327 $15,303 about average
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

41 $39,883 $15,029 -28%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

25 $31,496 $10,218 -25%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

23 $20,392 $6,214 -42%

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

$36,327 $15,303 about average
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$35,656 $11,048 -13%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,415 $3,022 -21%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$37,334 $12,287 -23%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$35,237 $11,663 -24%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$31,496 $10,218 -25%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$39,883 $15,029 -28%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$27,515 $11,847 -37%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,937 $3,608 -62%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,154 $3,421 -60%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,866 $5,830 -59%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,368 $762 -56%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$78,825 $41,195 -56%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,582 $3,889 -54%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$30,468 $13,560 -50%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,947 $2,600 -49%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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