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 851–878. 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
El Camino HealthMountain View, CA · CCN 050308	18	$112,273	70% above the national average	$109,734	$974,032
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330101	261	$112,693	71% above the national average	$98,682	$651,438
M Health Fairview University Of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis, MN · CCN 240080	15	$113,020	71% above the national average	$80,906	$506,228
Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030103	15	$113,427	72% above the national average	$59,026	$308,448
Bakersfield Memorial HospitalBakersfield, CA · CCN 050036	25	$113,551	72% above the national average	$65,962	$473,900
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CA · CCN 050327	47	$114,883	74% above the national average	$100,290	$659,953
University Of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville, VA · CCN 490009	14	$115,297	75% above the national average	$84,219	$417,861
West Virginia University Hospitals, IncMorgantown, WV · CCN 510001	18	$115,540	75% above the national average	$45,046	$277,398
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley, CA · CCN 050292	13	$115,961	76% above the national average	$112,663	$637,120
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050625	60	$117,332	78% above the national average	$106,665	$1,332,141
Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390111	35	$119,128	80% above the national average	$102,764	$930,948
Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorrance, CA · CCN 050376	13	$119,351	81% above the national average	$101,368	$375,043
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · CCN 300003	17	$122,062	85% above the national average	$86,321	$389,346
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica, NY · CCN 330231	20	$122,106	85% above the national average	$80,251	$247,692
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330024	57	$123,094	86% above the national average	$104,461	$535,143
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma CenterSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050228	16	$126,974	92% above the national average	$122,293	$583,731
University Of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento, CA · CCN 050599	29	$129,146	96% above the national average	$112,469	$723,428
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York, NY · CCN 330204	14	$133,654	102% above the national average	$106,664	$316,641
UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA · CCN 050454	27	$135,638	105% above the national average	$123,533	$743,720
Washington HospitalFremont, CA · CCN 050195	11	$137,303	108% above the national average	$134,799	$910,378
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CA · CCN 050038	58	$140,739	113% above the national average	$136,385	$659,122
Highland HospitalOakland, CA · CCN 050320	16	$145,525	120% above the national average	$141,069	$593,244
Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220031	25	$146,245	122% above the national average	$116,850	$293,738
NorthBay Medical CenterFairfield, CA · CCN 050367	19	$147,031	123% above the national average	$85,845	$1,098,893
Kaiser Foundation Hospital South SacramentoSacramento, CA · CCN 050674	11	$152,419	131% above the national average	$149,818	$767,384
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn, NY · CCN 330202	20	$158,170	140% above the national average	$96,075	$301,037
Stanford Health CareStanford, CA · CCN 050441	14	$187,383	184% above the national average	$174,393	$1,683,259
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050262	30	$193,450	193% above the national average	$161,783	$738,684

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.