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
Hospitals in Texas
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 200 hospitals
- $16,694
- Median hospital
- $15,480
- Lowest to highest
- $11,947–$134,211
- Medicare stays
- 41,514
200 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 151–200. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nocona General Hospital | 40 | $17,337 | About average | $16,433 | $19,191 |
| Baylor Scott And White All Saints Medical Center | 204 | $17,400 | About average | $13,092 | $72,913 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 674 | $17,450 | About average | $14,274 | $228,560 |
| Northwest Texas Hospital | 257 | $17,577 | About average | $15,249 | $170,068 |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital System | 1,218 | $17,637 | About average | $14,979 | $80,142 |
| South Texas Health System | 357 | $17,703 | About average | $15,923 | $267,798 |
| Wilbarger General Hospital | 50 | $17,717 | About average | $16,637 | $31,891 |
| Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital | 359 | $17,731 | About average | $14,825 | $83,122 |
| UT Health East Texas Carthage Hospital | 18 | $17,736 | About average | $16,376 | $77,234 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UT Health East Texas Jacksonville Hospital | 21 | $18,024 | About average | $16,994 | $103,260 |
| Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus Of Lpds Healthc | 313 | $18,031 | About average | $14,739 | $194,957 |
| Matagorda Regional Medical Center | 38 | $18,059 | About average | $17,020 | $30,360 |
| Cuero Regional Hospital | 22 | $18,111 | About average | $15,877 | $44,820 |
| Starr County Memorial Hospital | 22 | $18,296 | About average | $16,493 | $23,696 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenvill | 57 | $18,477 | About average | $15,164 | $43,805 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Alice | 49 | $18,513 | About average | $16,578 | $67,780 |
| Doctors Hosptal At Renaissance | 236 | $18,529 | About average | $15,822 | $75,782 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center At Irving | 190 | $18,540 | About average | $14,405 | $61,755 |
| Oakbend Medical Center | 74 | $18,575 | About average | $17,578 | $49,498 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | 35 | $18,605 | About average | $17,465 | $39,695 |
| Val Verde Regional Medical Center | 47 | $18,767 | About average | $17,605 | $40,333 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest | 169 | $18,776 | About average | $17,354 | $194,025 |
| Hill Country Memorial Hospital | 127 | $18,806 | About average | $17,508 | $80,633 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Kleberg | 19 | $18,848 | About average | $17,645 | $69,598 |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Livingston | 20 | $19,007 | About average | $16,946 | $71,604 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast | 152 | $19,224 | About average | $17,626 | $187,903 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple | 397 | $19,422 | About average | $15,347 | $71,260 |
| UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. | 525 | $19,733 | About average | $14,339 | $80,493 |
| Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital | 17 | $19,742 | About average | $18,206 | $28,938 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare West | 134 | $19,753 | About average | $17,366 | $172,734 |
| Baylor St Lukes Medical Center | 193 | $19,824 | About average | $15,521 | $133,936 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville | 26 | $20,001 | About average | $18,747 | $64,909 |
| Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital | 18 | $20,040 | About average | $18,952 | $34,199 |
| Methodist Dallas Medical Center | 199 | $20,482 | 12% above the national average | $15,955 | $86,835 |
| Baylor University Medical Center | 475 | $20,768 | 14% above the national average | $14,588 | $70,780 |
| University Medical Center | 201 | $21,604 | 19% above the national average | $19,285 | $108,912 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | 808 | $22,289 | 22% above the national average | $16,752 | $156,750 |
| University Of Texas Medical Branch Galveston | 330 | $23,223 | 27% above the national average | $18,343 | $67,097 |
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | 409 | $24,783 | 36% above the national average | $19,682 | $114,869 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | 11 | $25,198 | 38% above the national average | $23,078 | $97,233 |
| University Medical Center Of El Paso | 115 | $31,033 | 70% above the national average | $28,528 | $62,349 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center At The University Of Tx | 50 | $31,157 | 71% above the national average | $28,720 | $183,922 |
| University Health System | 340 | $36,037 | 98% above the national average | $26,806 | $98,890 |
| JPS Health Network | 113 | $47,423 | 160% above the national average | $45,331 | $73,536 |
| Parkland Health & Hospital System | 155 | $62,322 | 242% above the national average | $58,066 | $112,195 |
| Harris Health | 51 | $134,211 | 636% above the national average | $128,891 | $54,321 |
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.