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 1,751–1,800. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Regional Hospital | 262 | $17,843 | About average | $15,968 | $146,991 |
| Hudson Regional Hospital | 39 | $17,845 | About average | $16,018 | $201,929 |
| Swedish Edmonds Hospital | 301 | $17,849 | About average | $14,562 | $84,884 |
| Citizens Medical Center | 11 | $17,853 | About average | $16,935 | $25,369 |
| Community Hospitals And Wellness Centers | 28 | $17,855 | About average | $16,747 | $24,946 |
| Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital | 380 | $17,855 | About average | $15,211 | $61,773 |
| Swedish Hospital | 260 | $17,856 | About average | $15,016 | $58,855 |
| Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital | 67 | $17,859 | About average | $16,787 | $25,611 |
| Baptist Hospital Of Miami | 500 | $17,861 | About average | $15,826 | $128,932 |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital | 58 | $17,874 | About average | $14,811 | $92,299 |
| Spartanburg Medical Center | 301 | $17,885 | About average | $15,706 | $59,472 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern | 313 | $17,887 | About average | $16,634 | $151,229 |
| Manchester Memorial Hospital | 261 | $17,887 | About average | $16,231 | $57,474 |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 1,082 | $17,894 | About average | $16,272 | $82,100 |
| Scenic Mountain Medical Center | 13 | $17,897 | About average | $16,516 | $55,239 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland | 64 | $17,910 | About average | $14,372 | $214,778 |
| Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo | 302 | $17,923 | About average | $14,520 | $38,400 |
| Erlanger Medical Center | 306 | $17,930 | About average | $14,517 | $58,521 |
| Holy Cross Hospital | 38 | $17,947 | About average | $15,304 | $74,894 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 192 | $17,950 | About average | $12,906 | $50,243 |
| Main Line Hospital Lankenau | 520 | $17,951 | About average | $15,125 | $113,263 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute | 399 | $17,956 | About average | $13,419 | $67,080 |
| Abrazo Central Campus | 85 | $17,969 | About average | $15,559 | $164,963 |
| MetroHealth System | 187 | $17,974 | About average | $13,832 | $67,212 |
| Medical City Arlington | 297 | $17,979 | About average | $14,999 | $188,052 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi | 454 | $17,982 | About average | $16,236 | $115,028 |
| Valley Hospital | 476 | $17,984 | About average | $16,137 | $107,010 |
| Greenwich Hospital Association - | 333 | $17,989 | About average | $15,840 | $59,564 |
| HCA Florida Largo Hospital | 280 | $17,993 | About average | $15,147 | $142,937 |
| Henry Ford Health St John Hospital | 342 | $17,996 | About average | $14,620 | $45,197 |
| Mercy Medical Center | 259 | $18,002 | About average | $16,551 | $105,999 |
| Carle Health Methodist Hospital | 258 | $18,007 | About average | $14,554 | $91,632 |
| Tri-City Medical Center | 228 | $18,023 | About average | $16,868 | $99,655 |
| UT Health East Texas Jacksonville Hospital | 21 | $18,024 | About average | $16,994 | $103,260 |
| Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital | 125 | $18,027 | About average | $14,841 | $42,589 |
| Ascension St Vincent Hospital | 324 | $18,028 | About average | $15,094 | $85,274 |
| North Shore Medical Center - | 519 | $18,028 | About average | $16,075 | $49,749 |
| Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus Of Lpds Healthc | 313 | $18,031 | About average | $14,739 | $194,957 |
| HCA Florida University Hospital | 30 | $18,051 | About average | $11,499 | $191,269 |
| Humboldt Park Health | 70 | $18,056 | About average | $16,140 | $65,553 |
| Charleston Area Medical Center | 785 | $18,057 | About average | $13,015 | $79,694 |
| Matagorda Regional Medical Center | 38 | $18,059 | About average | $17,020 | $30,360 |
| The Miriam Hospital | 252 | $18,060 | About average | $15,400 | $53,991 |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center | 238 | $18,063 | About average | $16,313 | $142,850 |
| HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital | 327 | $18,076 | About average | $15,943 | $261,498 |
| Sacred Heart Medical Center - Riverbend | 274 | $18,078 | About average | $14,511 | $72,730 |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center | 244 | $18,079 | About average | $16,867 | $44,606 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 300 | $18,083 | About average | $16,327 | $61,570 |
| Oneida Health Hospital | 113 | $18,090 | About average | $16,635 | $26,943 |
| PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Cente | 254 | $18,095 | About average | $15,227 | $82,066 |
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.