DRG 792 · Maternity

Premature Newborn Cost in Connecticut — Compare All Hospitals

Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.

State average
$22,354
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$7,817 – $55,552
low to high
Lowest $7,817 Highest $55,552

13 Connecticut hospitals publish gross charges for premature newborn (DRG 792). Prices range from $7,817 to $55,552 — roughly $47,735 apart. The cheapest is Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford; the most expensive is Yale New Haven Hospital (Acute Care — New Haven) in New Haven. The state average sits at $22,354.

These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

For premature newborn in Connecticut, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.

9 of the 13 ranked hospitals are teaching hospitals — academic medical centers that train medical residents. They tend to take higher-acuity patients than community hospitals, which often pushes both their CMS star ratings down and their gross charges up. For complex or rare presentations a teaching hospital may genuinely be the better clinical choice even at the higher price. For a routine case, a high-rated community hospital can deliver equivalent outcomes for less.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Saint Francis Hospital

    Hartford, CT

    Major Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $7,817
    Cash pay $4,299
  2. 2

    Johnson Memorial Hospital

    Stafford Springs, CT

    Gross charge $7,817
    Cash pay $4,299
  3. 3

    Saint Mary's Hospital

    Waterbury, CT

    Major Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $7,817
    Cash pay $4,299
  4. 4

    Bridgeport Hospital

    Bridgeport, CT

    Major Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $9,844
    Cash pay $5,021
  5. 5

    Midstate Medical Center

    Meriden, CT

    Gross charge $10,511
  6. 6

    Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

    Torrington, CT

    Gross charge $10,654
  7. 7

    Hartford Hospital

    Hartford, CT

    Major Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $11,654
  8. 8

    William W Backus Hospital

    Norwich, CT

    Gross charge $24,272
  9. 9

    The Hospital of Central Connecticut

    New Britain, CT

    Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $27,391
  10. 10

    St Vincent's Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bridgeport, CT

    Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $32,405
  11. 11

    Greenwich Hospital

    Greenwich, CT

    Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $42,435
    Cash pay $22,066
  12. 12

    Lawrence + Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    New London, CT

    Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $42,435
    Cash pay $15,277
  13. 13

    Yale New Haven Hospital (Acute Care — New Haven)

    New Haven, CT

    Major Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge $55,552
    Cash pay $32,776
  14. 14

    Bristol Hospital

    Bristol, CT

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  15. 15

    John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut

    Farmington, CT

    Major Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge —
  16. 16

    Middlesex Hospital

    Middletown, CT

    Teaching Hospital Teaching hospitals often receive lower CMS star ratings because they treat more complex cases. This does not necessarily reflect lower quality of care.
    Gross charge —

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