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 Georgia
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 76 hospitals
- $17,149
- Median hospital
- $16,147
- Lowest to highest
- $11,983–$35,596
- Medicare stays
- 16,014
76 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | 278 | $11,983 | 34% below the national average | $9,950 | $58,666 |
| AdventHealth Murray | 36 | $12,978 | 29% below the national average | $11,395 | $50,090 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | 180 | $13,128 | 28% below the national average | $11,731 | $64,966 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLC | 33 | $13,665 | 25% below the national average | $12,362 | $29,454 |
| Union General Hospital | 17 | $13,877 | 24% below the national average | $12,821 | $39,099 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc | 17 | $13,976 | 23% below the national average | $13,112 | $37,023 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | 172 | $14,038 | 23% below the national average | $12,863 | $74,470 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | 51 | $14,041 | 23% below the national average | $11,484 | $55,624 |
| Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia | 21 | $14,175 | 22% below the national average | $12,454 | $25,542 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, Inc | 269 | $14,234 | 22% below the national average | $12,143 | $65,700 |
| Doctors Hospital | 320 | $14,250 | 22% below the national average | $12,244 | $139,504 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | 456 | $14,316 | 21% below the national average | $12,361 | $42,791 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | 253 | $14,357 | 21% below the national average | $11,923 | $80,970 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | 243 | $14,380 | 21% below the national average | $11,393 | $68,251 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | 47 | $14,440 | 21% below the national average | $13,230 | $37,399 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | 227 | $14,550 | 20% below the national average | $13,048 | $83,663 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | 332 | $14,640 | 20% below the national average | $12,110 | $66,517 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | 125 | $14,796 | 19% below the national average | $11,447 | $113,205 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc | 324 | $14,799 | 19% below the national average | $12,918 | $60,301 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | 94 | $14,814 | 19% below the national average | $13,686 | $51,689 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | 91 | $14,865 | 18% below the national average | $12,882 | $83,117 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | 346 | $14,995 | 18% below the national average | $13,068 | $130,875 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | 44 | $15,113 | 17% below the national average | $13,379 | $37,397 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | 177 | $15,129 | 17% below the national average | $13,199 | $72,279 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | 16 | $15,190 | 17% below the national average | $13,864 | $66,420 |
| Upson Regional Medical Center | 33 | $15,233 | 16% below the national average | $14,197 | $48,420 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | 197 | $15,292 | 16% below the national average | $13,416 | $97,996 |
| Candler Hospital | 163 | $15,376 | 16% below the national average | $12,722 | $62,961 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | 374 | $15,433 | 15% below the national average | $14,117 | $99,919 |
| SGMC Health | 234 | $15,532 | 15% below the national average | $13,315 | $54,131 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 225 | $15,598 | 14% below the national average | $13,765 | $98,657 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc | 425 | $15,608 | 14% below the national average | $13,452 | $80,612 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | 250 | $15,723 | 14% below the national average | $13,965 | $62,263 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | 659 | $15,761 | 14% below the national average | $13,212 | $85,533 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | 130 | $15,788 | 13% below the national average | $13,360 | $59,853 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | 94 | $15,911 | 13% below the national average | $13,459 | $45,241 |
| Wellstar Paulding Medical Center | 212 | $16,059 | 12% below the national average | $12,562 | $116,754 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | 263 | $16,096 | 12% below the national average | $13,395 | $87,627 |
| Archbold Memorial Hospital | 137 | $16,198 | 11% below the national average | $13,802 | $51,120 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | 429 | $16,228 | 11% below the national average | $13,782 | $65,056 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | 213 | $16,292 | 11% below the national average | $14,764 | $68,228 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | 36 | $16,424 | About average | $15,313 | $48,429 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | 173 | $16,431 | About average | $12,444 | $74,272 |
| Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center | 367 | $16,561 | About average | $13,127 | $76,285 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | 584 | $16,569 | About average | $13,522 | $80,706 |
| Wellstar Spalding Medical Center | 254 | $16,638 | About average | $14,903 | $111,968 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | 296 | $16,792 | About average | $14,205 | $83,713 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 690 | $16,877 | About average | $13,951 | $72,256 |
| St Mary's Hospital | 88 | $16,915 | About average | $13,910 | $48,464 |
| Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center | 255 | $16,961 | About average | $14,073 | $101,295 |
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.