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 1,401–1,450. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Medical Center | 36 | $9,884 | About average | $7,198 | $57,756 |
| Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall | 41 | $9,889 | About average | $8,024 | $66,247 |
| Laredo Medical Center | 78 | $9,894 | About average | $8,340 | $65,254 |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center,The | 48 | $9,898 | About average | $7,235 | $127,256 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 490 | $9,903 | About average | $6,742 | $70,119 |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center | 39 | $9,915 | About average | $7,814 | $23,766 |
| Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc | 33 | $9,922 | About average | $6,163 | $66,342 |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center | 27 | $9,927 | About average | $7,894 | $36,702 |
| Alaska Regional Hospital | 69 | $9,930 | About average | $7,409 | $76,367 |
| PIH Health Hospital-Whittier | 60 | $9,932 | About average | $8,560 | $70,790 |
| AdventHealth Central Texas | 12 | $9,937 | About average | $6,941 | $33,814 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | 16 | $9,944 | About average | $8,704 | $72,347 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood | 72 | $9,949 | About average | $7,272 | $112,704 |
| Portsmouth Regional Hospital | 66 | $9,955 | About average | $7,485 | $74,515 |
| United Memorial Medical Center | 25 | $9,956 | About average | $7,740 | $16,680 |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital | 12 | $9,962 | About average | $7,050 | $44,734 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 131 | $9,970 | About average | $8,359 | $86,776 |
| Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital | 29 | $9,970 | About average | $6,536 | $47,168 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital | 42 | $9,977 | About average | $8,553 | $64,857 |
| Charleston Area Medical Center | 183 | $9,979 | About average | $6,405 | $49,875 |
| The East Alabama Healthcare Authority | 37 | $9,983 | About average | $6,054 | $34,158 |
| Oneida Health Hospital | 34 | $9,985 | About average | $8,481 | $18,012 |
| Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center | 51 | $9,997 | About average | $8,685 | $57,851 |
| Huntington Beach Hospital | 11 | $10,001 | About average | $8,814 | $36,739 |
| Swedish Hospital | 32 | $10,003 | About average | $7,642 | $35,048 |
| Samaritan Hospital Of Troy, New York | 35 | $10,004 | About average | $8,115 | $25,001 |
| Main Line Hospital Lankenau | 84 | $10,009 | About average | $7,188 | $77,616 |
| Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital | 131 | $10,016 | About average | $7,189 | $49,248 |
| St Francis Hospital - The Heart Center | 151 | $10,021 | About average | $7,163 | $63,833 |
| MultiCare Covington Medical Center | 31 | $10,021 | About average | $7,728 | $28,162 |
| Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery | 44 | $10,023 | About average | $7,109 | $34,373 |
| Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | 26 | $10,023 | About average | $8,028 | $32,212 |
| Humboldt Park Health | 12 | $10,024 | About average | $8,240 | $38,369 |
| HCA Healthone Rose | 24 | $10,025 | About average | $6,669 | $96,008 |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital | 14 | $10,025 | About average | $8,859 | $22,391 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton | 13 | $10,032 | About average | $8,397 | $29,306 |
| AdventHealth Porter | 27 | $10,037 | About average | $6,578 | $55,895 |
| Broward Health North | 33 | $10,040 | About average | $8,603 | $41,992 |
| Beloit Health System | 13 | $10,042 | About average | $8,787 | $44,062 |
| Adventist Health Sierra Vista | 16 | $10,043 | About average | $9,025 | $117,365 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | 28 | $10,044 | About average | $6,365 | $32,415 |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center | 20 | $10,045 | About average | $8,494 | $40,799 |
| Akron General Medical Center | 52 | $10,045 | About average | $5,782 | $32,133 |
| Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital | 27 | $10,055 | About average | $8,915 | $53,909 |
| Intermountain Health Cedar City Hospital | 14 | $10,056 | About average | $6,571 | $23,760 |
| Redlands Community Hospital | 31 | $10,064 | About average | $8,719 | $96,249 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | 43 | $10,064 | About average | $6,967 | $39,789 |
| Greenwich Hospital Association - | 56 | $10,073 | About average | $7,608 | $30,885 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 113 | $10,074 | About average | $6,594 | $35,833 |
| Corona Regional Medical Center | 16 | $10,076 | About average | $8,485 | $85,415 |
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.