Medicaid Underpayment

Bridgeport Hospital’s service area includes the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut’s most populous city. The per capita income for Bridgeport is $18,931, which is $18,152 below the state's median per capita income of $37,083. About 18.4% of Bridgeport residents are under the federal poverty level, vs. 7.9% for the whole state. 8.5% of Bridgeport residents had income below 50% of federal poverty level, vs. 3.6% for the whole state. In FY 2010, Bridgeport Hospital had a total of 82,099 Medicaid inpatient discharges or outpatient visits. The total payments received from Medicaid for this patient population were $18.1 million below the actual cost of providing care for these patients. These calculations are based on costs, not charges.