53/100
#1,162 nationally
Norwalk Hospital
24 Stevens Street, Norwalk, CT 06856 · (203) 852-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Norwalk Hospital billed $3.77 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 87
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CT
- #20
- 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 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
538 | $22,703 | $3,067 | +17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
474 | $67,383 | $20,628 | +3% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $11,852 | $1,248 | +18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $45,407 | $13,916 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $8,744 | $2,141 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $44,015 | $11,962 | +12% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $48,380 | $16,930 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $11,748 | $2,292 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $15,351 | $3,923 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $39,917 | $6,493 | +14% |
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 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,360 | $6,590 | +108% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,035 | $8,964 | +64% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,215 | $7,339 | +57% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,736 | $3,529 | +50% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,923 | $2,173 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,789 | $3,893 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,659 | $3,643 | +36% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$42,276 | $9,338 | +35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$41,895 | $19,561 | -48% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$38,073 | $16,358 | -43% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$36,441 | $15,287 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,351 | $3,923 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,744 | $2,141 | -26% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$32,938 | $10,302 | -25% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 083 · Inpatient stay |
$45,753 | $14,698 | -24% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$92,850 | $27,925 | -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.