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
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2,661 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1,501–1,550. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsbad Medical Center | 46 | $16,780 | About average | $15,132 | $63,259 |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center | 67 | $16,785 | About average | $14,446 | $33,041 |
| Evergreenhealth Medical Center | 196 | $16,786 | About average | $15,241 | $86,223 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | 296 | $16,792 | About average | $14,205 | $83,713 |
| Jefferson Abington Hospital | 803 | $16,796 | About average | $14,466 | $66,179 |
| Uva Health Culpeper Medical Center | 120 | $16,797 | About average | $14,744 | $45,227 |
| Asante Three Rivers Medical Center | 190 | $16,802 | About average | $14,770 | $62,874 |
| Labette Health | 42 | $16,804 | About average | $15,221 | $29,238 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Midland | 227 | $16,808 | About average | $14,746 | $44,819 |
| Olympic Medical Center | 245 | $16,832 | About average | $15,290 | $33,280 |
| Navarro Regional Hospital | 119 | $16,832 | About average | $15,236 | $107,931 |
| Shorepoint Health Punta Gorda | 61 | $16,833 | About average | $15,251 | $84,196 |
| Carolina East Medical Center | 329 | $16,834 | About average | $15,438 | $43,328 |
| AdventHealth Palm Coast | 316 | $16,841 | About average | $14,835 | $70,650 |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital | 287 | $16,843 | About average | $13,653 | $215,021 |
| St Clare Hospital | 190 | $16,844 | About average | $14,583 | $101,895 |
| Franklin Medical Center | 15 | $16,846 | About average | $15,928 | $25,606 |
| Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center | 553 | $16,848 | About average | $15,011 | $62,003 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | 55 | $16,848 | About average | $14,488 | $40,315 |
| Moses H. Cone The Memorial Hospital | 506 | $16,850 | About average | $13,575 | $45,838 |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar | 65 | $16,850 | About average | $15,749 | $147,627 |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital | 165 | $16,854 | About average | $15,421 | $40,486 |
| UnityPoint Health - Meriter | 306 | $16,855 | About average | $14,508 | $77,351 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | 335 | $16,857 | About average | $13,720 | $72,078 |
| Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill | 66 | $16,858 | About average | $14,815 | $85,264 |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital | 136 | $16,859 | About average | $15,072 | $152,492 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, Inc | 287 | $16,868 | About average | $14,811 | $91,199 |
| LDS Hospital | 102 | $16,872 | About average | $15,196 | $59,637 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 690 | $16,877 | About average | $13,951 | $72,256 |
| Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center | 353 | $16,877 | About average | $14,456 | $305,759 |
| University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro | 531 | $16,888 | About average | $15,334 | $101,333 |
| M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital | 209 | $16,889 | About average | $14,126 | $78,869 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | 67 | $16,891 | About average | $15,362 | $54,661 |
| Carilion New River Valley Medical Center | 175 | $16,897 | About average | $13,481 | $63,893 |
| St Luke's Des Peres Hospital | 17 | $16,898 | About average | $10,587 | $49,429 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus | 240 | $16,900 | About average | $14,922 | $136,608 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin | 230 | $16,902 | About average | $14,962 | $129,158 |
| Unity Medical Center | 19 | $16,902 | About average | $15,958 | $21,319 |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center | 295 | $16,903 | About average | $14,143 | $73,628 |
| Citizens Memorial Hospital | 67 | $16,905 | About average | $15,542 | $35,441 |
| St Mary's Hospital | 88 | $16,915 | About average | $13,910 | $48,464 |
| Nathan Littauer Hospital | 74 | $16,922 | About average | $15,753 | $38,781 |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center | 350 | $16,927 | About average | $15,433 | $68,707 |
| Lower Bucks Hospital | 56 | $16,929 | About average | $14,961 | $85,689 |
| WakeMed, Raleigh Campus | 385 | $16,935 | About average | $14,363 | $57,444 |
| Kettering Health Dayton | 189 | $16,935 | About average | $14,509 | $83,067 |
| Lowell General Hospital | 414 | $16,936 | About average | $14,792 | $33,200 |
| Princeton Baptist Medical Center | 141 | $16,938 | About average | $11,683 | $144,297 |
| Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center | 255 | $16,961 | About average | $14,073 | $101,295 |
| Samaritan Albany General Hospital | 39 | $16,965 | About average | $15,710 | $49,093 |
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.