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 1,851–1,900. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Hospital | 104 | $18,414 | About average | $15,509 | $46,428 |
| Sonoma Valley Hospital | 50 | $18,417 | About average | $17,112 | $92,129 |
| St Joseph Regional Medical Center | 107 | $18,418 | About average | $17,064 | $46,697 |
| New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn, Inc. | 188 | $18,428 | About average | $17,444 | $69,004 |
| Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall | 264 | $18,433 | About average | $16,705 | $128,309 |
| Shasta Regional Medical Center | 378 | $18,434 | About average | $17,291 | $81,674 |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital | 335 | $18,443 | About average | $14,859 | $96,389 |
| Temple Health - Chestnut Hill Hospital | 161 | $18,448 | About average | $16,006 | $202,532 |
| Chapman Global Medical Center | 35 | $18,459 | About average | $17,400 | $84,060 |
| William W Backus Hospital | 246 | $18,459 | About average | $15,429 | $69,539 |
| Garrett Regional Medical Center | 87 | $18,461 | About average | $17,337 | $20,776 |
| Providence St Peter Hospital | 436 | $18,466 | About average | $14,753 | $95,960 |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center | 74 | $18,472 | About average | $17,238 | $39,435 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenvill | 57 | $18,477 | About average | $15,164 | $43,805 |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc | 137 | $18,486 | About average | $13,673 | $84,566 |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center | 712 | $18,488 | About average | $16,400 | $89,902 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 435 | $18,491 | About average | $14,685 | $71,937 |
| Uci Health - Placentia Linda | 109 | $18,497 | About average | $16,934 | $255,766 |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley | 270 | $18,497 | About average | $16,791 | $139,998 |
| Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center | 285 | $18,505 | About average | $14,676 | $93,253 |
| West Penn Hospital | 37 | $18,506 | About average | $15,842 | $113,284 |
| Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center | 95 | $18,508 | About average | $14,283 | $38,776 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Alice | 49 | $18,513 | About average | $16,578 | $67,780 |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc | 297 | $18,514 | About average | $17,241 | $60,478 |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos | 209 | $18,518 | About average | $17,126 | $253,101 |
| St Francis Community Hospital | 261 | $18,519 | About average | $15,349 | $102,899 |
| Ochsner St Mary | 30 | $18,525 | About average | $16,511 | $62,710 |
| Doctors Hosptal At Renaissance | 236 | $18,529 | About average | $15,822 | $75,782 |
| HCA Florida Osceola Hospital | 232 | $18,531 | About average | $15,907 | $193,826 |
| Long Island Community Hospital | 748 | $18,535 | About average | $16,671 | $167,334 |
| Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center | 299 | $18,536 | About average | $17,269 | $61,379 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center At Irving | 190 | $18,540 | About average | $14,405 | $61,755 |
| Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital | 262 | $18,553 | About average | $16,791 | $37,474 |
| Midwestern Region Medical Center, Inc | 20 | $18,558 | About average | $17,519 | $105,276 |
| Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital | 95 | $18,570 | About average | $17,437 | $26,491 |
| Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake | 42 | $18,571 | About average | $17,036 | $45,967 |
| Oakbend Medical Center | 74 | $18,575 | About average | $17,578 | $49,498 |
| Renown Regional Medical Center | 465 | $18,597 | About average | $15,864 | $73,611 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas | 575 | $18,603 | About average | $16,883 | $94,929 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | 35 | $18,605 | About average | $17,465 | $39,695 |
| Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph | 485 | $18,610 | About average | $17,018 | $56,665 |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center | 78 | $18,612 | About average | $14,478 | $42,204 |
| Doctors Hospital Of Manteca | 116 | $18,613 | About average | $17,446 | $273,861 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | 353 | $18,619 | About average | $15,999 | $123,277 |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill | 441 | $18,632 | About average | $15,748 | $91,330 |
| MetroWest Medical Center | 316 | $18,634 | About average | $16,809 | $83,991 |
| Ashley Regional Medical Center | 39 | $18,644 | About average | $15,654 | $38,597 |
| University Of Missouri Health Care | 247 | $18,649 | About average | $15,931 | $89,141 |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc | 144 | $18,654 | About average | $16,325 | $42,224 |
| UPMC Mercy | 85 | $18,660 | About average | $15,320 | $107,506 |
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.