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 2,001–2,050. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straub Clinic And Hospital | 154 | $19,353 | About average | $17,278 | $71,255 |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario | 51 | $19,354 | About average | $18,203 | $44,733 |
| Huntington Beach Hospital | 155 | $19,368 | About average | $18,198 | $102,387 |
| Adventist Health Lodi Memorial | 401 | $19,373 | About average | $17,710 | $185,553 |
| Ocean Medical Center | 498 | $19,389 | About average | $15,412 | $122,354 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | 410 | $19,402 | About average | $16,368 | $109,340 |
| Up Health System Portage | 34 | $19,413 | About average | $18,119 | $49,881 |
| St Johns Regional Medical Center | 646 | $19,414 | About average | $17,766 | $108,802 |
| Pennsylvania Hospital | 143 | $19,415 | About average | $16,885 | $139,673 |
| Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. | 280 | $19,415 | About average | $18,069 | $27,456 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple | 397 | $19,422 | About average | $15,347 | $71,260 |
| Mad River Community Hospital | 33 | $19,426 | About average | $18,239 | $70,451 |
| AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center | 203 | $19,432 | About average | $18,485 | $112,221 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | 95 | $19,435 | About average | $17,785 | $67,679 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Farmington Hills | 150 | $19,437 | About average | $15,317 | $75,425 |
| Coast Plaza Hospital | 148 | $19,438 | About average | $18,496 | $107,457 |
| Englewood Hospital And Medical Center | 394 | $19,439 | About average | $17,562 | $89,146 |
| Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital | 35 | $19,444 | About average | $18,368 | $26,622 |
| Southwest Medical Center | 60 | $19,445 | About average | $17,548 | $43,788 |
| HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | 371 | $19,446 | About average | $15,592 | $199,790 |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center | 108 | $19,455 | About average | $17,752 | $61,797 |
| Beloit Health System | 72 | $19,456 | About average | $18,528 | $88,578 |
| Mc Donough District Hospital | 56 | $19,462 | About average | $16,969 | $37,928 |
| St Elizabeth Hospital | 27 | $19,470 | About average | $18,081 | $53,954 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | 286 | $19,473 | About average | $14,794 | $116,836 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital | 318 | $19,480 | About average | $18,043 | $99,589 |
| The Hospital Of Central Connecticut | 266 | $19,482 | About average | $17,059 | $71,308 |
| Desert Valley Hospital | 308 | $19,488 | About average | $17,864 | $70,541 |
| Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea And Austin | 94 | $19,489 | About average | $17,560 | $37,776 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett | 360 | $19,509 | About average | $14,328 | $81,108 |
| UCLA West Valley Medical Center | 288 | $19,519 | About average | $17,465 | $297,149 |
| Bay Park Community Hospital | 54 | $19,535 | About average | $14,479 | $76,001 |
| Meritus Medical Center | 637 | $19,542 | About average | $17,676 | $21,012 |
| Salem Hospital | 417 | $19,543 | About average | $17,175 | $59,064 |
| University Of Maryland Harford Memorial Hospital | 27 | $19,553 | About average | $17,414 | $21,057 |
| St James Hospital | 50 | $19,562 | About average | $18,371 | $18,337 |
| Wellstar Cobb Medical Center | 200 | $19,580 | About average | $16,318 | $138,844 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 489 | $19,584 | About average | $14,385 | $123,382 |
| St Charles Hospital | 195 | $19,584 | About average | $16,110 | $84,142 |
| Palmdale Regional Medical Center | 195 | $19,589 | About average | $18,328 | $208,746 |
| Mercy Hospital | 337 | $19,590 | About average | $17,498 | $111,566 |
| Intermountain Medical Center | 415 | $19,598 | About average | $13,946 | $72,339 |
| Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc | 632 | $19,623 | About average | $18,014 | $21,794 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 480 | $19,636 | About average | $17,664 | $154,562 |
| Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital | 517 | $19,640 | About average | $18,007 | $84,358 |
| Mercy Medical Center | 196 | $19,648 | About average | $17,880 | $58,106 |
| Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital | 213 | $19,656 | About average | $18,002 | $148,319 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center | 584 | $19,661 | About average | $18,096 | $99,189 |
| P H S Indian Hospital At Belcourt-Quentin N Burdick | 16 | $19,684 | About average | $18,868 | $16,603 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | 426 | $19,706 | About average | $18,467 | $120,094 |
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.