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 1,151–1,200. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Anthony Hospital | 65 | $9,201 | About average | $6,749 | $57,361 |
| Newport Hospital | 16 | $9,202 | About average | $6,670 | $30,023 |
| Newberry County Memorial Hospital | 16 | $9,206 | About average | $7,880 | $20,864 |
| Hardin Medical Center | 12 | $9,210 | About average | $7,850 | $24,575 |
| Regional West Medical Center | 29 | $9,213 | About average | $7,911 | $41,988 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | 61 | $9,216 | About average | $7,422 | $44,495 |
| Wythe County Community Hospital | 22 | $9,217 | About average | $7,112 | $59,576 |
| St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital | 25 | $9,221 | About average | $7,284 | $53,838 |
| Archbold Memorial Hospital | 21 | $9,224 | About average | $7,662 | $28,854 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare | 24 | $9,225 | About average | $7,658 | $55,084 |
| Northwestern Medicine MCHenry | 117 | $9,225 | About average | $6,313 | $39,125 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | 128 | $9,228 | About average | $7,293 | $23,812 |
| Westerly Hospital | 28 | $9,231 | About average | $6,667 | $30,891 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | 79 | $9,233 | About average | $6,987 | $44,089 |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast | 48 | $9,235 | About average | $6,706 | $36,414 |
| ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital | 21 | $9,236 | About average | $6,453 | $24,799 |
| Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital | 35 | $9,236 | About average | $7,977 | $63,305 |
| Oswego Hospital | 18 | $9,240 | About average | $7,881 | $20,796 |
| Golden Valley Memorial Hospital | 15 | $9,241 | About average | $8,044 | $23,740 |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center | 19 | $9,243 | About average | $7,869 | $21,692 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock | 59 | $9,244 | About average | $6,938 | $35,826 |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center | 21 | $9,244 | About average | $7,823 | $40,094 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | 97 | $9,245 | About average | $6,375 | $45,833 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | 28 | $9,247 | About average | $7,488 | $30,073 |
| Christian Hospital Northeast | 21 | $9,253 | About average | $8,101 | $39,444 |
| Island Hospital | 12 | $9,255 | About average | $6,907 | $17,517 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern | 43 | $9,256 | About average | $8,042 | $90,884 |
| Geneva General Hospital | 29 | $9,257 | About average | $7,478 | $17,027 |
| South Florida Baptist Hospital | 41 | $9,257 | About average | $7,429 | $48,654 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | 30 | $9,257 | About average | $7,722 | $26,035 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc | 111 | $9,260 | About average | $6,712 | $48,046 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | 63 | $9,264 | About average | $8,047 | $43,123 |
| Seton Medical Center Harker Heights | 32 | $9,267 | About average | $7,992 | $27,514 |
| Fitzgibbon Hospital | 18 | $9,268 | About average | $8,086 | $35,920 |
| Sky Ridge Medical Center | 51 | $9,268 | About average | $7,020 | $120,868 |
| Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital | 39 | $9,270 | About average | $6,055 | $37,638 |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's | 37 | $9,271 | About average | $5,780 | $44,889 |
| Hunterdon Medical Center | 57 | $9,272 | About average | $7,155 | $46,176 |
| Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital | 19 | $9,273 | About average | $6,380 | $25,474 |
| Dupont Hospital LLC | 11 | $9,286 | About average | $4,788 | $39,863 |
| Watertown Memorial Hospital | 27 | $9,287 | About average | $6,538 | $33,240 |
| Henry Ford Allegiance Health | 45 | $9,290 | About average | $7,289 | $44,320 |
| Memorial Hospital Of South Bend | 47 | $9,297 | About average | $6,501 | $35,434 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 67 | $9,298 | About average | $6,664 | $115,281 |
| CentraState Medical Center | 60 | $9,300 | About average | $6,711 | $58,530 |
| Community Memorial Hospital | 38 | $9,303 | About average | $7,914 | $37,692 |
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center | 23 | $9,303 | About average | $5,012 | $23,626 |
| Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital | 33 | $9,309 | About average | $6,164 | $24,867 |
| MidState Medical Center | 30 | $9,309 | About average | $7,438 | $38,724 |
| Valley Medical Center | 27 | $9,312 | About average | $7,569 | $41,773 |
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.