Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 872
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $10,085 per stay at 2,216 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $8,124 and $10,812.
Also known as: Sepsis
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $10,085
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $8,124–$10,812
- Medicare’s share
- $7,681
- Average billed charge
- $49,416
- Hospitals reporting
- 2,216
Compare hospitals
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2,216 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 951–1,000. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County | 15 | $8,828 | 12% below the national average | $7,414 | $16,467 |
| Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital | 19 | $8,829 | 12% below the national average | $7,193 | $81,471 |
| Glens Falls Hospital | 58 | $8,830 | 12% below the national average | $7,620 | $28,697 |
| Medical City Plano | 55 | $8,831 | 12% below the national average | $6,710 | $111,279 |
| Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center | 65 | $8,833 | 12% below the national average | $6,525 | $48,793 |
| HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital | 73 | $8,833 | 12% below the national average | $6,367 | $82,873 |
| Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital | 15 | $8,834 | 12% below the national average | $7,054 | $25,406 |
| Winchester Hospital | 51 | $8,836 | 12% below the national average | $6,399 | $19,416 |
| Tristar Horizon Medical Center | 27 | $8,837 | 12% below the national average | $6,282 | $57,265 |
| Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital | 71 | $8,838 | 12% below the national average | $6,514 | $27,637 |
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center | 105 | $8,841 | 12% below the national average | $6,991 | $41,425 |
| Owensboro Health Regional Hospital | 60 | $8,842 | 12% below the national average | $7,068 | $23,538 |
| Phoenixville Hospital | 28 | $8,844 | 12% below the national average | $6,272 | $59,956 |
| United Regional Health Care System | 59 | $8,844 | 12% below the national average | $7,076 | $42,674 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | 20 | $8,845 | 12% below the national average | $6,700 | $44,845 |
| Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc | 21 | $8,846 | 12% below the national average | $6,893 | $35,957 |
| Capital Medical Center | 35 | $8,846 | 12% below the national average | $6,935 | $41,743 |
| Mcalester Regional Health Center | 37 | $8,850 | 12% below the national average | $6,967 | $19,049 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc | 65 | $8,851 | 12% below the national average | $6,726 | $37,600 |
| Mease Countryside Hospital | 91 | $8,851 | 12% below the national average | $5,443 | $46,704 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Midland | 47 | $8,854 | 12% below the national average | $6,770 | $23,738 |
| Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics Inc | 14 | $8,858 | 12% below the national average | $7,343 | $26,762 |
| Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center | 25 | $8,858 | 12% below the national average | $7,021 | $53,451 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | 31 | $8,862 | 12% below the national average | $7,441 | $20,844 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center | 70 | $8,863 | 12% below the national average | $7,594 | $37,710 |
| Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital | 14 | $8,865 | 12% below the national average | $7,583 | $15,653 |
| Bartow Regional Medical Center | 14 | $8,866 | 12% below the national average | $7,467 | $36,173 |
| Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph | 64 | $8,866 | 12% below the national average | $6,529 | $22,074 |
| High Point Regional Health System | 26 | $8,867 | 12% below the national average | $6,483 | $26,148 |
| Grand Itasca Clinic And Hospital | 18 | $8,872 | 12% below the national average | $8,146 | $30,998 |
| Covenant Medical Center | 69 | $8,873 | 12% below the national average | $6,687 | $111,806 |
| Cox Medical Centers | 90 | $8,874 | 12% below the national average | $6,602 | $34,834 |
| Mercy Hospital Pittsburg, Inc | 18 | $8,875 | 12% below the national average | $7,968 | $19,593 |
| Reid Health | 83 | $8,876 | 12% below the national average | $6,956 | $23,227 |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital | 50 | $8,878 | 12% below the national average | $6,766 | $30,848 |
| Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | 32 | $8,884 | 12% below the national average | $7,719 | $32,397 |
| Saint Thomas River Park Hospital | 12 | $8,885 | 12% below the national average | $7,661 | $30,247 |
| Adventist Health Portland | 33 | $8,885 | 12% below the national average | $7,695 | $34,240 |
| Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus | 87 | $8,890 | 12% below the national average | $7,451 | $36,537 |
| Wesley Medical Center | 106 | $8,893 | 12% below the national average | $6,662 | $105,246 |
| Northeast Hospital Corporation | 88 | $8,894 | 12% below the national average | $6,889 | $20,290 |
| Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital | 41 | $8,894 | 12% below the national average | $6,807 | $38,496 |
| Trinity - Bettendorf | 13 | $8,895 | 12% below the national average | $4,797 | $23,458 |
| Lowell General Hospital | 61 | $8,896 | 12% below the national average | $7,331 | $22,038 |
| Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs | 24 | $8,899 | 12% below the national average | $7,744 | $60,251 |
| Baystate Noble Hospital | 33 | $8,902 | 12% below the national average | $6,622 | $19,138 |
| McLaren Lapeer Region | 14 | $8,903 | 12% below the national average | $7,387 | $25,849 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor | 21 | $8,903 | 12% below the national average | $6,647 | $36,612 |
| Holyoke Medical Center | 50 | $8,909 | 12% below the national average | $7,767 | $12,251 |
| ProMedica Toledo Hospital | 67 | $8,911 | 12% below the national average | $6,743 | $52,434 |
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 | $8,874 | $39K |
| 2021 | $9,131 | $42K |
| 2022 | $9,334 | $45K |
| 2023 | $9,624 | $47K |
| 2024 | $10K | $49K |
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 | 251 | $7,340 | $6,413–$7,797 |
| Arkansas | 24 | 1,026 | $7,807 | $7,198–$8,010 |
| Kentucky | 35 | 1,426 | $7,953 | $7,438–$8,316 |
| Mississippi | 30 | 1,286 | $7,957 | $7,423–$8,575 |
| Louisiana | 37 | 1,397 | $7,994 | $6,962–$8,464 |
| Iowa | 26 | 1,009 | $8,038 | $7,376–$8,575 |
| Kansas | 23 | 1,011 | $8,290 | $7,302–$9,209 |
| Alabama | 34 | 1,234 | $8,323 | $7,472–$8,355 |
| West Virginia | 19 | 753 | $8,528 | $7,208–$8,449 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 289 | $8,571 | $8,472–$8,723 |
| Montana | 10 | 463 | $8,575 | $7,962–$8,990 |
| Ohio | 85 | 3,067 | $8,602 | $7,596–$9,517 |
| Nebraska | 18 | 682 | $8,634 | $7,366–$9,246 |
| Missouri | 53 | 1,866 | $8,655 | $7,683–$9,241 |
| Indiana | 54 | 2,049 | $8,663 | $7,858–$9,061 |
| Oklahoma | 33 | 1,419 | $8,667 | $7,549–$8,850 |
| Tennessee | 56 | 2,317 | $8,717 | $7,436–$8,849 |
| Wisconsin | 51 | 1,778 | $8,938 | $8,009–$9,125 |
| Virginia | 63 | 3,609 | $8,961 | $8,130–$9,260 |
| South Carolina | 39 | 1,823 | $8,981 | $7,685–$9,734 |
| Florida | 144 | 8,031 | $8,987 | $7,982–$9,881 |
| Pennsylvania | 99 | 4,680 | $9,070 | $7,733–$9,699 |
| South Dakota | 8 | 315 | $9,169 | $8,087–$9,721 |
| Colorado | 33 | 1,075 | $9,237 | $8,436–$10,132 |
| North Carolina | 63 | 2,370 | $9,342 | $8,098–$9,172 |
| Michigan | 68 | 2,406 | $9,344 | $8,532–$9,702 |
| Utah | 22 | 768 | $9,376 | $8,236–$9,525 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | 560 | $9,396 | $8,496–$9,955 |
| Idaho | 10 | 423 | $9,419 | $8,881–$9,682 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 1,447 | $9,454 | $8,299–$9,610 |
| New Mexico | 18 | 574 | $9,606 | $7,545–$11,459 |
| Arizona | 48 | 2,413 | $9,648 | $8,373–$10,976 |
| Delaware | 6 | 404 | $9,700 | $9,013–$10,407 |
| Georgia | 63 | 2,824 | $9,779 | $8,531–$10,451 |
| Illinois | 89 | 4,340 | $9,811 | $8,245–$10,504 |
| Washington | 42 | 1,815 | $9,984 | $9,269–$10,382 |
| Texas | 159 | 7,124 | $10,116 | $8,346–$10,222 |
| Massachusetts | 45 | 2,668 | $10,263 | $8,694–$11,142 |
| Maine | 13 | 305 | $10,319 | $9,054–$10,898 |
| New Jersey | 53 | 3,373 | $10,712 | $9,300–$11,931 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | 207 | $10,751 | $9,053–$11,714 |
| Nevada | 15 | 745 | $10,752 | $9,823–$11,185 |
| Oregon | 25 | 888 | $10,767 | $9,303–$11,649 |
| Connecticut | 25 | 1,067 | $11,460 | $10,073–$12,017 |
| Wyoming | 5 | 154 | $11,570 | $10,095–$12,583 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 225 | $12,096 | $12,543–$15,556 |
| California | 234 | 13,549 | $12,539 | $10,795–$13,356 |
| New York | 107 | 6,672 | $12,605 | $9,694–$13,406 |
| Alaska | 7 | 341 | $13,061 | $12,057–$16,504 |
| Maryland | 39 | 3,140 | $13,222 | $11,787–$15,680 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 340 | $14,243 | $12,266–$15,370 |
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.