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 1,001–1,050. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital | 21 | $15,326 | 16% below the national average | $14,706 | $113,827 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | 370 | $15,329 | 16% below the national average | $12,813 | $43,062 |
| White County Medical Center | 318 | $15,331 | 16% below the national average | $13,678 | $35,085 |
| Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital | 101 | $15,336 | 16% below the national average | $14,065 | $30,902 |
| Memorial Hospital Of Carbondale | 201 | $15,336 | 16% below the national average | $13,523 | $63,096 |
| Virginia Hospital Center | 568 | $15,337 | 16% below the national average | $13,013 | $45,634 |
| Insight Hospital And Medical Center Trumbull | 44 | $15,337 | 16% below the national average | $12,981 | $84,763 |
| Lake Granbury Medical Center | 101 | $15,337 | 16% below the national average | $13,778 | $154,721 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical Center | 556 | $15,337 | 16% below the national average | $13,148 | $131,956 |
| Baystate Wing Hospital | 221 | $15,338 | 16% below the national average | $13,815 | $20,147 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono | 120 | $15,339 | 16% below the national average | $13,873 | $107,223 |
| Community Medical Center | 83 | $15,340 | 16% below the national average | $13,721 | $57,140 |
| Sovah Health Danville | 464 | $15,342 | 16% below the national average | $12,581 | $78,615 |
| North Austin Medical Center | 284 | $15,344 | 16% below the national average | $12,944 | $119,050 |
| Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital | 51 | $15,345 | 16% below the national average | $14,037 | $49,823 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce | 861 | $15,346 | 16% below the national average | $12,972 | $61,970 |
| AdventHealth Lake Wales | 97 | $15,347 | 16% below the national average | $12,807 | $119,999 |
| VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC | 240 | $15,347 | 16% below the national average | $13,372 | $204,153 |
| Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital | 329 | $15,353 | 16% below the national average | $12,828 | $64,605 |
| Beckley ARH Hospital | 138 | $15,354 | 16% below the national average | $13,834 | $81,685 |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center | 111 | $15,354 | 16% below the national average | $14,321 | $41,051 |
| OSF Saint Katharine Medical Center | 58 | $15,355 | 16% below the national average | $13,929 | $58,906 |
| HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center | 268 | $15,355 | 16% below the national average | $13,627 | $107,229 |
| Christian Hospital Northeast | 194 | $15,360 | 16% below the national average | $13,628 | $78,638 |
| Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company | 35 | $15,361 | 16% below the national average | $14,195 | $45,442 |
| M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital | 91 | $15,361 | 16% below the national average | $12,647 | $61,119 |
| Our Lady Of The Angels Hospital | 46 | $15,361 | 16% below the national average | $14,204 | $36,662 |
| North Baldwin Infirmary | 20 | $15,370 | 16% below the national average | $12,905 | $35,647 |
| Candler Hospital | 163 | $15,376 | 16% below the national average | $12,722 | $62,961 |
| Overland Park Regional Medical Center | 165 | $15,377 | 16% below the national average | $12,953 | $143,810 |
| St Josephs Hospital | 961 | $15,380 | 16% below the national average | $13,671 | $74,791 |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital | 822 | $15,381 | 16% below the national average | $13,565 | $164,750 |
| Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Plano | 16 | $15,381 | 16% below the national average | $14,497 | $71,764 |
| Heywood Hospital - | 110 | $15,383 | 16% below the national average | $14,190 | $24,895 |
| High Point Regional Health System | 185 | $15,384 | 16% below the national average | $12,560 | $56,239 |
| Ouachita County Medical Center | 28 | $15,384 | 16% below the national average | $14,156 | $33,429 |
| Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc | 194 | $15,394 | 16% below the national average | $13,033 | $63,196 |
| OSF Saint Elizabeth Mdl Center | 152 | $15,394 | 16% below the national average | $13,369 | $50,336 |
| Beebe Medical Center | 265 | $15,395 | 16% below the national average | $13,291 | $66,388 |
| Morton Plant North Bay Hospital | 204 | $15,398 | 16% below the national average | $14,179 | $68,006 |
| Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital | 275 | $15,401 | 16% below the national average | $12,290 | $56,540 |
| Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc | 78 | $15,402 | 16% below the national average | $14,189 | $22,927 |
| Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange | 305 | $15,404 | 16% below the national average | $12,663 | $48,208 |
| Gettysburg Hospital | 249 | $15,408 | 15% below the national average | $13,326 | $50,130 |
| Northfield Hospital | 22 | $15,412 | 15% below the national average | $14,300 | $37,678 |
| Lmh | 396 | $15,417 | 15% below the national average | $13,061 | $49,934 |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan Valley | 148 | $15,422 | 15% below the national average | $13,088 | $56,074 |
| Reston Hospital Center | 259 | $15,424 | 15% below the national average | $12,914 | $95,353 |
| Integris Health Ponca City | 33 | $15,424 | 15% below the national average | $14,435 | $89,456 |
| Magnolia Hospital | 17 | $15,425 | 15% below the national average | $14,379 | $24,375 |
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.