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 1,601–1,650. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunterdon Medical Center | 347 | $17,165 | About average | $15,209 | $81,106 |
| Alomere Health | 47 | $17,166 | About average | $15,847 | $35,615 |
| Trios Health | 215 | $17,167 | About average | $15,219 | $63,947 |
| AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 523 | $17,169 | About average | $15,464 | $92,819 |
| Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital | 444 | $17,170 | About average | $13,392 | $53,594 |
| Tawas St Joseph Hospital | 59 | $17,172 | About average | $16,149 | $17,857 |
| Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital | 17 | $17,175 | About average | $15,999 | $25,266 |
| Henderson Hospital | 333 | $17,175 | About average | $14,667 | $277,956 |
| HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center | 221 | $17,179 | About average | $14,638 | $98,041 |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital | 272 | $17,180 | About average | $14,326 | $173,112 |
| Altru Hospital | 354 | $17,189 | About average | $15,302 | $63,670 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 3,400 | $17,194 | About average | $13,140 | $129,307 |
| Memorial Hospital Pembroke | 47 | $17,197 | About average | $15,907 | $140,353 |
| Genesis Hospital | 371 | $17,197 | About average | $14,878 | $45,687 |
| Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital | 238 | $17,200 | About average | $15,513 | $66,499 |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | 222 | $17,201 | About average | $15,047 | $72,828 |
| Cherokee Medical Center | 28 | $17,203 | About average | $15,481 | $44,773 |
| Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center | 175 | $17,207 | About average | $15,540 | $138,633 |
| Wythe County Community Hospital | 94 | $17,212 | About average | $15,792 | $62,102 |
| Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski | 63 | $17,214 | About average | $14,714 | $58,873 |
| Jefferson Health- Northeast | 764 | $17,221 | About average | $14,307 | $64,908 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center West Branch | 52 | $17,223 | About average | $15,692 | $26,866 |
| Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital | 150 | $17,225 | About average | $15,742 | $165,910 |
| Medical City Fort Worth | 223 | $17,227 | About average | $13,071 | $167,424 |
| SSM Health St Clare Hospital - Baraboo | 63 | $17,230 | About average | $15,535 | $53,980 |
| Grand Itasca Clinic And Hospital | 102 | $17,231 | About average | $15,401 | $51,188 |
| Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital | 567 | $17,237 | About average | $14,507 | $67,294 |
| CentraState Medical Center | 448 | $17,251 | About average | $15,311 | $100,503 |
| Carilion Medical Center | 711 | $17,258 | About average | $13,535 | $68,644 |
| Missouri Delta Medical Center | 80 | $17,268 | About average | $15,999 | $66,169 |
| Knapp Medical Center | 165 | $17,271 | About average | $15,138 | $98,013 |
| Atrium Health University City | 60 | $17,278 | About average | $15,919 | $74,940 |
| Ascension Genesys Hospital | 330 | $17,278 | About average | $14,576 | $53,703 |
| UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospitals | 249 | $17,285 | About average | $15,648 | $49,006 |
| Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc | 376 | $17,289 | About average | $14,141 | $138,449 |
| Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 963 | $17,292 | About average | $13,991 | $65,044 |
| Landmark Medical Center | 137 | $17,295 | About average | $15,210 | $83,304 |
| Community Medical Center | 887 | $17,298 | About average | $14,768 | $116,195 |
| Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock | 34 | $17,305 | About average | $16,129 | $29,631 |
| Summerlin Hospital Medical Center | 309 | $17,310 | About average | $15,211 | $302,391 |
| Munson Medical Center | 211 | $17,313 | About average | $15,495 | $52,207 |
| Sky Ridge Medical Center | 281 | $17,318 | About average | $14,142 | $189,750 |
| Centura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus | 199 | $17,319 | About average | $15,152 | $91,524 |
| Parkview Regional Hospital | 21 | $17,323 | About average | $16,314 | $86,043 |
| Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital | 308 | $17,323 | About average | $15,041 | $76,314 |
| Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire | 75 | $17,324 | About average | $15,253 | $50,064 |
| Auburn Community Hospital | 120 | $17,327 | About average | $15,883 | $28,678 |
| Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus | 314 | $17,329 | About average | $15,329 | $111,058 |
| Columbia Memorial Hospital | 108 | $17,333 | About average | $16,061 | $37,135 |
| Nocona General Hospital | 40 | $17,337 | About average | $16,433 | $19,191 |
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.