CostGrade
B

62/100

#871 nationally

Hartford Hospital

80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102 · (860) 545-5000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hartford Hospital billed $3.54 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
241
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CT
#10
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.

Inpatient charge markup 20.7/35

Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.0/25

Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 14.2/30

Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.9/10

Better than 39% 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

1,331 $7,559 $2,575 -36%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

999 $15,380 $3,022 -21%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

477 $32,812 $14,546 -47%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

456 $20,967 $3,567 -17%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

453 $69,399 $15,733 +60%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

445 $94,347 $22,512 +45%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

249 $11,124 $2,075 -5%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

177 $9,172 $1,752 -9%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

174 $17,009 $5,693 -38%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

171 $62,189 $15,665 +33%

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
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$155,885 $23,634 +93%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay

$67,385 $11,399 +88%
Hypertension with Major Complications

MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay

$80,153 $15,664 +61%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$69,399 $15,733 +60%
Diabetes (with complications)

MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay

$53,873 $11,541 +56%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$133,548 $29,011 +55%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$93,729 $20,263 +53%
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications

MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay

$111,004 $22,452 +49%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Implantation Wireless Pa Pressure Monitor

APC 5200 · Hospital outpatient visit

$51,987 $32,323 -62%
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures

APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,914 $2,571 -52%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

$48,738 $19,031 -49%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization

MS-DRG 219 · Inpatient stay

$175,082 $88,427 -48%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,194 $3,776 -48%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$32,812 $14,546 -47%
Level 6 Urology and Related Services

APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,395 $10,267 -47%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,412 $7,635 -47%

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.
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