Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 870

Septicemia or severe sepsis with MV >96 hours

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $66,013 per stay at 878 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $49,655 and $71,592.

Also known as: Sepsis

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $66,013
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $49,655–$71,592
Medicare’s share: $58,77889% of the payment
Average billed charge: $336,205
Hospitals reporting: 87820,906 stays

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878 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 751–800. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Septicemia or severe sepsis with MV >96 hours by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse, NY · CCN 330241	20	$81,129	23% above the national average	$74,810	$383,493
Mercy HospitalBakersfield, CA · CCN 050295	20	$81,191	23% above the national average	$80,375	$567,375
Carroll Hospital CenterWestminster, MD · CCN 210033	20	$81,195	23% above the national average	$72,903	$91,131
Dominican HospitalSanta Cruz, CA · CCN 050242	22	$81,221	23% above the national average	$80,109	$681,460
St Mary Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · CCN 050191	16	$81,428	23% above the national average	$77,009	$323,137
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow, NY · CCN 330027	21	$81,658	24% above the national average	$74,554	$211,282
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit, MI · CCN 230053	34	$81,706	24% above the national average	$62,215	$203,416
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley, CA · CCN 050305	13	$81,800	24% above the national average	$80,568	$340,837
Coastal Communities HospitalSanta Ana, CA · CCN 050747	11	$82,175	24% above the national average	$79,875	$378,379
Hilo Benioff Medical CenterHilo, HI · CCN 120005	11	$82,263	25% above the national average	$78,185	$238,568
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110079	38	$82,373	25% above the national average	$69,262	$433,592
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390223	11	$82,468	25% above the national average	$74,444	$624,651
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island, NY · CCN 330028	53	$82,845	25% above the national average	$75,238	$240,799
O U Medical CenterOklahoma City, OK · CCN 370093	22	$83,144	26% above the national average	$71,654	$729,650
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterFlushing, NY · CCN 330193	59	$83,260	26% above the national average	$74,303	$114,324
The University HospitalNewark, NJ · CCN 310119	14	$83,275	26% above the national average	$76,010	$323,703
MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · CCN 090011	64	$83,488	26% above the national average	$62,759	$262,139
Southern California Hospital At HollywoodHollywood, CA · CCN 050135	57	$83,619	27% above the national average	$81,221	$459,735
Methodist Hospital Of SacramentoSacramento, CA · CCN 050590	11	$83,684	27% above the national average	$81,762	$527,099
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030	11	$83,694	27% above the national average	$69,711	$232,653
George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC · CCN 090001	25	$84,439	28% above the national average	$74,823	$642,805
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	23	$84,806	28% above the national average	$54,155	$456,319
St Joseph's Medical Center Of StocktonStockton, CA · CCN 050084	77	$84,821	28% above the national average	$79,442	$582,731
University Medical CenterLas Vegas, NV · CCN 290007	16	$84,868	29% above the national average	$65,777	$474,950
Providence St Vincent Medical CenterPortland, OR · CCN 380004	11	$85,021	29% above the national average	$50,762	$189,634
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260032	34	$85,168	29% above the national average	$59,535	$283,236
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood, IL · CCN 140276	13	$85,241	29% above the national average	$69,080	$276,786
University Of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor, MI · CCN 230046	27	$85,597	30% above the national average	$63,727	$252,350
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek, CA · CCN 050180	40	$85,678	30% above the national average	$76,828	$606,650
Union Hospital Of Cecil CountyElkton, MD · CCN 210032	15	$85,682	30% above the national average	$77,830	$95,650
Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley, CA · CCN 050488	22	$85,684	30% above the national average	$83,748	$430,043
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island, NY · CCN 330160	65	$85,888	30% above the national average	$79,805	$362,485
Adventist Health And RideoutMarysville, CA · CCN 050133	18	$85,995	30% above the national average	$70,375	$389,998
Palisades Medical CenterNorth Bergen, NJ · CCN 310003	15	$86,050	30% above the national average	$77,040	$413,766
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center, IncLanham, MD · CCN 210051	16	$86,070	30% above the national average	$82,502	$92,448
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia, CA · CCN 050057	24	$86,084	30% above the national average	$83,379	$299,059
Rochester General HospitalRochester, NY · CCN 330125	17	$86,091	30% above the national average	$77,752	$222,124
Aurora St Lukes Medical CenterMilwaukee, WI · CCN 520138	11	$86,176	31% above the national average	$38,507	$238,556
University Of Maryland Charles Regional Medical CenterLa Plata, MD · CCN 210035	14	$86,411	31% above the national average	$84,954	$78,082
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester, NY · CCN 330285	46	$86,539	31% above the national average	$71,659	$222,635
Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220110	35	$86,620	31% above the national average	$71,360	$357,251
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis, MN · CCN 240057	13	$86,948	32% above the national average	$78,084	$390,184
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390027	27	$86,950	32% above the national average	$75,995	$768,291
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 140281	31	$87,247	32% above the national average	$66,858	$405,502
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside, CA · CCN 050022	52	$88,449	34% above the national average	$69,420	$1,129,427
University Of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010033	25	$88,843	35% above the national average	$56,736	$409,955
Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis, IN · CCN 150024	14	$88,851	35% above the national average	$84,468	$375,112
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterBaltimore, MD · CCN 210029	36	$89,881	36% above the national average	$88,245	$105,464
Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica, CA · CCN 050112	61	$89,927	36% above the national average	$84,869	$360,608
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001	72	$89,931	36% above the national average	$75,599	$426,857

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 43,443 stays at 1,404 hospitals · 2021: 34,947 stays at 1,277 hospitals · 2022: 25,153 stays at 1,044 hospitals · 2023: 21,332 stays at 904 hospitals · 2024: 20,906 stays at 878 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Septicemia or severe sepsis with MV >96 hours
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$57K	$262K
2021	$62K	$293K
2022	$63K	$298K
2023	$63K	$313K
2024	$66K	$336K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Septicemia or severe sepsis with MV >96 hours, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Mississippi	11	240	$46,424	$42,924–$46,925
Louisiana	12	275	$48,729	$44,615–$50,359
Arkansas	14	269	$48,934	$41,970–$52,679
Alabama	19	380	$49,420	$42,895–$49,673
Oklahoma	13	345	$49,754	$46,819–$52,414
Tennessee	19	427	$51,093	$46,665–$51,683
Idaho	2	23	$51,262	$50,707–$51,728
Florida	69	1,581	$51,397	$44,728–$51,625
Iowa	4	62	$52,858	$49,330–$54,780
Texas	61	1,378	$53,377	$46,278–$57,529
Ohio	32	708	$53,775	$47,927–$55,759
Kentucky	11	267	$53,831	$46,076–$57,676
Indiana	18	375	$54,108	$47,403–$56,379
Kansas	5	123	$54,739	$52,972–$56,751
South Carolina	9	180	$55,000	$44,265–$57,339
Nebraska	5	86	$55,497	$51,698–$62,348
Missouri	18	344	$55,624	$46,222–$57,487
North Carolina	21	420	$56,383	$47,261–$64,678
Virginia	22	499	$58,036	$50,213–$66,169
Michigan	28	605	$58,309	$50,170–$59,179
Montana	2	38	$58,394	$55,941–$60,380
New Mexico	3	37	$58,536	$48,018–$66,084
Georgia	30	642	$58,723	$46,334–$66,424
North Dakota	3	41	$58,892	$55,802–$61,950
Nevada	10	308	$59,289	$53,571–$64,802
Colorado	5	81	$61,866	$52,529–$71,596
Illinois	35	656	$62,075	$50,889–$68,482
West Virginia	7	124	$62,752	$52,035–$58,674
Arizona	17	286	$62,798	$52,594–$67,820
Delaware	2	101	$63,464	$60,111–$64,072
Utah	2	32	$64,700	$63,174–$68,059
Pennsylvania	33	689	$65,297	$53,585–$71,919
South Dakota	2	34	$66,493	$62,719–$74,386
New Jersey	36	949	$66,826	$58,357–$70,796
Washington	9	167	$68,290	$60,710–$69,063
Wisconsin	6	98	$70,143	$61,592–$77,722
Minnesota	9	176	$70,334	$60,342–$86,948
Maryland	27	580	$71,178	$59,160–$79,153
Oregon	4	53	$72,399	$69,190–$75,675
Connecticut	10	237	$76,534	$67,813–$77,021
Massachusetts	18	513	$77,645	$58,158–$78,235
Hawaii	3	42	$78,261	$76,859–$79,591
California	133	3,502	$80,067	$66,760–$84,821
Rhode Island	1	11	$81,091	$81,091–$81,091
New Hampshire	3	47	$82,413	$59,916–$91,064
District of Columbia	6	152	$82,613	$68,616–$92,381
New York	67	2,698	$86,662	$66,430–$96,357
Maine	2	25	$87,388	$77,116–$96,137

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.