HARTFORD HOSPITAL
80 SEYMOUR STREET · HARTFORD, CT · 06102
vs. the regional median (the other ~300 NY/NJ/CT hospitals publishing the same code). How is this computed?
High-confidence score: 10% trimmed mean across 17 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Based on 17 of 57 high-confidence target procedures. A broader all-codes view (every commercial billing code this hospital publishes, 4,125 codes) puts the score at 1.00x.
HARTFORD HOSPITAL bills above peers — about 1.43x the regional median. Within departments, Surgery is comparatively affordable (0.35x). The wide price spread (C grade) means individual bills are hard to predict — a procedure priced near the median in one department may be 5x in another.
A nearby hospital 8.48 mi away is ~73% cheaper overall.
THE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT has an overall price level of 0.39x vs. this hospital's 1.43x, with 2,829 procedures in common.
why?
Wide price spread (IQR ratio 4.0x) with 2% of codes above 3x the regional medianHow A/B/C is determined: A = narrow price spread (IQR < 2.0×) with <5% of codes priced more than 3× the regional median. B = moderate (IQR 2.0–3.0× OR 5–20% above 3×). C = wider than that.
Cost by department
Each ratio compares this hospital's prices in that department to the median across NY/NJ/CT hospitals for the same department.
| Department | Ratio | Codes | % above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs/Pharmacy | 0.99x | 2,548 | 10% |
| Surgery | 0.35x | 847 | 0% |
| Inpatient | 0.69x | 721 | 28% |
| Other | 0.36x | 8 | 0% |
Hospital info
- Beds: 723
- Annual discharges: 39,212
Methodology & sources
Prices extracted from this hospital's CMS-mandated machine-readable transparency file (45 CFR 180). Headline statistic: 10% trimmed mean across 17 of 57 target procedures, commercial payers, 5x outlier cap. Validated against RAND Hospital Price Transparency Study v5.1 employer claims data at Spearman ρ = 0.73 (n = 105 hospitals).
Download the original transparency file from HARTFORD HOSPITAL.