Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 871
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $18,230 per stay at 2,661 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $14,504 and $19,301.
Also known as: Sepsis
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $18,230
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $14,504–$19,301
- Medicare’s share
- $15,524
- Average billed charge
- $90,381
- Hospitals reporting
- 2,661
Compare hospitals
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2,661 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 451–500. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Knighton Medical Center | 753 | $13,940 | 24% below the national average | $11,954 | $72,561 |
| Paoli Hospital | 416 | $13,955 | 23% below the national average | $12,345 | $107,338 |
| Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest | 93 | $13,956 | 23% below the national average | $12,567 | $74,199 |
| UPMC East | 105 | $13,965 | 23% below the national average | $12,234 | $94,903 |
| Allen Hospital | 208 | $13,966 | 23% below the national average | $11,077 | $29,438 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | 28 | $13,968 | 23% below the national average | $10,612 | $36,441 |
| Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital | 55 | $13,971 | 23% below the national average | $12,487 | $38,748 |
| Grandview Medical Center | 366 | $13,973 | 23% below the national average | $10,843 | $168,548 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc | 17 | $13,976 | 23% below the national average | $13,112 | $37,023 |
| St Francis Hospital | 206 | $13,978 | 23% below the national average | $12,691 | $146,453 |
| Cape Canaveral Hospital | 126 | $13,981 | 23% below the national average | $13,100 | $75,541 |
| Merit Health River Region | 138 | $13,993 | 23% below the national average | $12,840 | $174,630 |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission | 371 | $13,993 | 23% below the national average | $11,768 | $83,519 |
| Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital | 376 | $13,995 | 23% below the national average | $12,662 | $67,546 |
| North Alabama Medical Center | 281 | $13,995 | 23% below the national average | $12,089 | $75,374 |
| Baptist Health Lagrange | 17 | $13,996 | 23% below the national average | $12,216 | $38,956 |
| Community Hospital South, Inc. | 88 | $13,999 | 23% below the national average | $12,751 | $61,367 |
| Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital | 43 | $14,002 | 23% below the national average | $11,721 | $27,449 |
| Saint Lukes North Hospital | 69 | $14,006 | 23% below the national average | $12,497 | $105,887 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew County | 24 | $14,006 | 23% below the national average | $12,986 | $44,192 |
| Peterson Regional Medical Center | 156 | $14,007 | 23% below the national average | $12,694 | $49,100 |
| Essentia Health Duluth | 37 | $14,011 | 23% below the national average | $12,853 | $20,523 |
| Mercy Hospital Washington | 133 | $14,016 | 23% below the national average | $12,682 | $49,757 |
| Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison County | 80 | $14,018 | 23% below the national average | $12,626 | $47,236 |
| Citizens Baptist Medical Center | 57 | $14,019 | 23% below the national average | $12,968 | $95,670 |
| Siloam Springs Regional Hospital | 34 | $14,020 | 23% below the national average | $12,677 | $54,169 |
| Memorial Hospital Biloxi | 52 | $14,035 | 23% below the national average | $12,229 | $142,192 |
| IU Health West Hospital | 257 | $14,036 | 23% below the national average | $12,404 | $71,828 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | 172 | $14,038 | 23% below the national average | $12,863 | $74,470 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | 51 | $14,041 | 23% below the national average | $11,484 | $55,624 |
| Touro Infirmary | 51 | $14,045 | 23% below the national average | $12,223 | $124,742 |
| Harlingen Medical Center | 156 | $14,047 | 23% below the national average | $12,665 | $82,940 |
| Andalusia Health | 42 | $14,053 | 23% below the national average | $12,782 | $67,159 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | 237 | $14,056 | 23% below the national average | $12,465 | $57,006 |
| Baptist Health Paducah | 117 | $14,071 | 23% below the national average | $12,082 | $66,049 |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital | 584 | $14,071 | 23% below the national average | $11,944 | $64,308 |
| Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital | 113 | $14,073 | 23% below the national average | $12,857 | $28,399 |
| Cumberland Medical Center | 129 | $14,077 | 23% below the national average | $12,932 | $27,530 |
| HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital | 58 | $14,079 | 23% below the national average | $12,813 | $56,208 |
| Northwest Health - Porter | 268 | $14,081 | 23% below the national average | $11,855 | $115,774 |
| Monroe Hospital | 61 | $14,085 | 23% below the national average | $11,687 | $36,339 |
| University Of Texas Health Science Center At Tyler | 11 | $14,086 | 23% below the national average | $11,804 | $69,602 |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital LLC | 39 | $14,087 | 23% below the national average | $9,547 | $63,846 |
| Froedtert South Inc. | 109 | $14,090 | 23% below the national average | $12,900 | $54,329 |
| HMHP St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center | 248 | $14,094 | 23% below the national average | $11,569 | $61,267 |
| Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital | 378 | $14,097 | 23% below the national average | $12,059 | $53,602 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center | 345 | $14,098 | 23% below the national average | $13,126 | $82,520 |
| Ascension St Vincent Kokomo | 78 | $14,103 | 23% below the national average | $12,991 | $57,503 |
| Southern Maine Health Care | 64 | $14,106 | 23% below the national average | $13,012 | $47,709 |
| Banner Goldfield Medical Center | 43 | $14,107 | 23% below the national average | $12,041 | $33,032 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $16K | $72K |
| 2021 | $17K | $79K |
| 2022 | $17K | $82K |
| 2023 | $18K | $86K |
| 2024 | $18K | $90K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 6 | 1,006 | $12,534 | $10,837–$13,808 |
| Mississippi | 44 | 7,801 | $14,185 | $13,005–$15,431 |
| Arkansas | 37 | 6,804 | $14,251 | $13,038–$15,064 |
| Louisiana | 51 | 7,387 | $14,389 | $12,826–$15,923 |
| Alabama | 51 | 6,955 | $14,639 | $13,126–$14,904 |
| Iowa | 28 | 5,143 | $14,760 | $13,503–$15,813 |
| Kentucky | 55 | 8,861 | $14,769 | $13,502–$15,083 |
| Oklahoma | 47 | 9,012 | $14,957 | $13,449–$15,840 |
| Tennessee | 70 | 13,989 | $15,050 | $13,473–$15,661 |
| Indiana | 69 | 11,894 | $15,369 | $14,335–$15,891 |
| Kansas | 35 | 6,218 | $15,539 | $13,009–$16,911 |
| Florida | 163 | 46,590 | $15,659 | $13,841–$16,401 |
| Ohio | 107 | 17,642 | $15,665 | $13,447–$16,983 |
| Missouri | 61 | 11,126 | $15,809 | $13,747–$18,235 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 3,628 | $15,825 | $14,183–$17,758 |
| Montana | 10 | 1,891 | $15,849 | $15,190–$15,962 |
| West Virginia | 21 | 3,893 | $15,922 | $13,188–$16,028 |
| South Carolina | 47 | 9,623 | $16,012 | $13,571–$17,701 |
| North Dakota | 7 | 1,608 | $16,037 | $15,482–$16,908 |
| Idaho | 12 | 2,208 | $16,189 | $15,262–$16,437 |
| Utah | 29 | 3,577 | $16,259 | $13,499–$16,406 |
| Virginia | 69 | 18,991 | $16,366 | $14,579–$16,797 |
| North Carolina | 76 | 14,182 | $16,443 | $14,262–$16,622 |
| Texas | 200 | 41,514 | $16,694 | $14,574–$17,326 |
| Wisconsin | 61 | 7,778 | $16,722 | $14,601–$16,855 |
| Colorado | 44 | 6,492 | $16,848 | $15,091–$18,150 |
| Pennsylvania | 117 | 23,264 | $16,882 | $13,742–$17,712 |
| South Dakota | 10 | 1,761 | $17,011 | $14,453–$16,961 |
| Michigan | 80 | 13,620 | $17,099 | $15,546–$18,044 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 2,559 | $17,104 | $14,906–$17,807 |
| Georgia | 76 | 16,014 | $17,149 | $14,810–$18,248 |
| New Mexico | 21 | 3,188 | $17,242 | $14,867–$21,113 |
| Arizona | 51 | 11,083 | $17,451 | $14,930–$19,252 |
| Illinois | 107 | 23,221 | $17,635 | $14,990–$19,078 |
| Minnesota | 45 | 7,342 | $17,951 | $15,543–$18,157 |
| Delaware | 6 | 2,564 | $17,988 | $16,441–$18,698 |
| Washington | 44 | 10,226 | $18,304 | $16,999–$18,793 |
| Nevada | 20 | 5,276 | $18,342 | $16,834–$19,272 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 1,237 | $18,456 | $15,029–$19,713 |
| Maine | 17 | 1,525 | $19,002 | $16,559–$21,117 |
| New Jersey | 61 | 18,670 | $19,296 | $17,165–$21,889 |
| Massachusetts | 50 | 16,108 | $19,534 | $15,639–$21,484 |
| Oregon | 31 | 4,533 | $19,972 | $16,884–$21,509 |
| Connecticut | 25 | 7,081 | $20,799 | $17,887–$20,857 |
| Wyoming | 9 | 829 | $21,131 | $20,621–$24,715 |
| California | 261 | 71,060 | $23,020 | $19,880–$24,983 |
| Hawaii | 11 | 1,722 | $23,528 | $20,458–$25,288 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 1,461 | $23,955 | $22,133–$28,718 |
| New York | 122 | 40,824 | $24,427 | $18,094–$25,791 |
| Maryland | 42 | 14,696 | $24,452 | $19,678–$27,642 |
| Alaska | 8 | 1,442 | $24,932 | $24,806–$32,784 |
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.