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 2,051–2,100. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital | 83 | $13,771 | 37% above the national average | $11,355 | $59,749 |
| George Washington University Hospital | 33 | $13,785 | 37% above the national average | $9,585 | $92,770 |
| St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc | 39 | $13,804 | 37% above the national average | $11,332 | $76,229 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Riverside | 21 | $13,826 | 37% above the national average | $7,908 | $57,083 |
| Shands Jacksonville | 60 | $13,836 | 37% above the national average | $11,664 | $50,907 |
| UH Regional Hospitals | 20 | $13,880 | 38% above the national average | $10,714 | $30,480 |
| OHSU Hospital And Clinics | 33 | $13,904 | 38% above the national average | $9,774 | $42,129 |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus | 117 | $13,926 | 38% above the national average | $10,442 | $43,282 |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | 29 | $13,983 | 39% above the national average | $9,370 | $42,572 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | 13 | $13,988 | 39% above the national average | $10,012 | $52,875 |
| Scripps Green Hospital | 66 | $13,994 | 39% above the national average | $9,397 | $39,929 |
| University Medical Center | 40 | $14,034 | 39% above the national average | $9,452 | $70,115 |
| Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc | 183 | $14,046 | 39% above the national average | $12,427 | $15,575 |
| SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital | 211 | $14,060 | 39% above the national average | $10,872 | $85,186 |
| Natividad Medical Center | 34 | $14,062 | 39% above the national average | $12,389 | $68,981 |
| Hilo Benioff Medical Center | 45 | $14,064 | 39% above the national average | $11,099 | $37,917 |
| Homestead Hospital | 19 | $14,082 | 40% above the national average | $12,789 | $80,704 |
| Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center | 40 | $14,083 | 40% above the national average | $6,629 | $174,230 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park | 14 | $14,133 | 40% above the national average | $9,175 | $49,767 |
| Holy Cross Hospital | 78 | $14,133 | 40% above the national average | $11,529 | $15,472 |
| Barton Memorial Hospital | 13 | $14,191 | 41% above the national average | $12,687 | $92,066 |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital | 68 | $14,194 | 41% above the national average | $8,882 | $31,627 |
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | 58 | $14,204 | 41% above the national average | $11,246 | $64,251 |
| Straub Clinic And Hospital | 25 | $14,207 | 41% above the national average | $7,557 | $40,059 |
| Mount Sinai Beth Israel | 54 | $14,213 | 41% above the national average | $10,447 | $89,146 |
| Brigham And Women's Hospital | 32 | $14,256 | 41% above the national average | $11,028 | $59,398 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 88 | $14,257 | 41% above the national average | $9,932 | $58,567 |
| Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania | 18 | $14,292 | 42% above the national average | $10,520 | $106,157 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | 99 | $14,409 | 43% above the national average | $9,409 | $175,543 |
| M Health Fairview University Of Mn Medical Center | 53 | $14,423 | 43% above the national average | $6,723 | $51,902 |
| Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital | 36 | $14,429 | 43% above the national average | $9,021 | $63,680 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch | 27 | $14,443 | 43% above the national average | $8,400 | $53,425 |
| Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center | 163 | $14,473 | 44% above the national average | $12,789 | $16,387 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | 72 | $14,485 | 44% above the national average | $9,540 | $52,695 |
| Duke University Hospital | 87 | $14,504 | 44% above the national average | $9,074 | $36,578 |
| MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital | 84 | $14,555 | 44% above the national average | $13,103 | $16,768 |
| Wyckoff Heights Medical Center | 20 | $14,568 | 44% above the national average | $11,795 | $23,824 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester | 69 | $14,580 | 45% above the national average | $8,904 | $35,983 |
| Mayo Clinic Hospital | 170 | $14,594 | 45% above the national average | $7,508 | $36,358 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey | 17 | $14,738 | 46% above the national average | $7,052 | $46,751 |
| UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital | 33 | $14,749 | 46% above the national average | $12,931 | $110,475 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital | 41 | $14,750 | 46% above the national average | $13,269 | $149,138 |
| Mount Sinai West | 68 | $14,795 | 47% above the national average | $11,663 | $88,346 |
| Rush University Medical Center | 44 | $14,879 | 48% above the national average | $10,518 | $35,523 |
| Colusa Medical Center | 17 | $14,880 | 48% above the national average | $12,499 | $30,801 |
| Alaska Native Medical Center | 37 | $14,916 | 48% above the national average | $13,200 | $55,891 |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center | 35 | $14,965 | 48% above the national average | $11,108 | $28,067 |
| The Queens Medical Center | 142 | $14,976 | 49% above the national average | $8,070 | $53,445 |
| Richmond University Medical Center | 24 | $15,019 | 49% above the national average | $11,623 | $97,409 |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley | 39 | $15,065 | 49% above the national average | $9,541 | $102,462 |
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.