Sepsis in Maine

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$28,794typical hospital bill

$9,273typical amount paid

$7,471–$13,476range paid across 13 hospitals

Maine hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,794 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
York Hospital	York	21	$26,002	$7,471
St Mary's Regional Medical Center	Lewiston	11	$21,324	$8,362
Central Maine Medical Center	Lewiston	19	$31,966	$8,983
Northern Light Mercy Hospital	Portland	23	$31,979	$9,054
Northern Light a R Gould Hospital	Presque Isle	15	$34,671	$9,090
St Joseph Hospital	Bangor	20	$28,794	$9,115
Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital	Brunswick	19	$25,474	$9,273
Cary Medical Center	Caribou	14	$15,929	$9,325
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital	Rockport	23	$23,337	$10,649
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital	Ellsworth	15	$28,140	$10,898
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center	Portland	71	$34,827	$11,045
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	24	$46,718	$12,387
Maine General Medical Center	Augusta	30	$45,089	$13,476

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.