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Connecticut: one knee, three prices

What Medicare pays Connecticut hospitals and surgery centers for knee, hip and shoulder replacement, what hospitals list, and which cost the most and the least.

Surgery center
$9,655
Median Medicare knee rate, 25 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$14,655
Median Medicare allowed amount
Hospital, overnight
$19,133
Median avg total payment (incl. patient share), 12 hospitals

Connecticut requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers.

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Lowest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
Midstate Medical CenterMeriden$16,516$40,623$14,417
William W Backus HospitalNorwich$16,918$43,041$14,451
Hospital of Central Connecticut, theNew Britain$17,537$46,412$14,797
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown$17,543$60,231$14,797
Griffin HospitalDerby$18,889$89,674$13,217
Danbury HospitalDanbury$19,083$75,209$14,734
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich$19,183$90,717$14,695
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport$19,246$65,897$14,531
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford$19,552$64,145$14,484
Stamford HospitalStamford$19,813$86,389$14,739

Highest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven$29,400$67,280$14,487
Hartford HospitalHartford$20,147$42,941$14,546
Stamford HospitalStamford$19,813$86,389$14,739
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford$19,552$64,145$14,484
St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport$19,246$65,897$14,531
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich$19,183$90,717$14,695
Danbury HospitalDanbury$19,083$75,209$14,734
Griffin HospitalDerby$18,889$89,674$13,217
Middlesex HospitalMiddletown$17,543$60,231$14,797
Hospital of Central Connecticut, theNew Britain$17,537$46,412$14,797

Every Connecticut hospital (23)

Orthopedic surgery centers (25)

Questions

How much does Medicare pay for a knee replacement in Connecticut?

In 2024 the median average total payment to Connecticut hospitals was $19,133 per Medicare inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 12 hospitals; Medicare's payment plus the patient's share), and the median Medicare allowed amount was $14,655 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $9,655 for a knee.

Which Connecticut hospitals have the lowest Medicare payment for a joint replacement?

Midstate Medical Center ($16,516), William W Backus Hospital ($16,918), Hospital of Central Connecticut, the ($17,537) (average total payment per inpatient stay, patient share included).

What do Connecticut hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $65,021, about 3.4× the median average total payment for a Medicare stay.

Does Connecticut have a certificate-of-need law?

Connecticut requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers. CON is required to establish an outpatient surgical facility; a 2026 overhaul (PA 26-68) moves review to a new CON panel starting July 1, 2027.