Sepsis, with major complications in Maine

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$46,428typical hospital bill

$18,936typical amount paid

$13,447–$24,788range paid across 17 hospitals

Maine hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,428 for this stay in 2024, about 2.5 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	61	$42,034	$13,447
Southern Maine Health Care	Biddeford	64	$47,709	$14,106
St Mary's Regional Medical Center	Lewiston	39	$39,840	$14,393
Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital	Brunswick	68	$44,330	$14,772
Central Maine Medical Center	Lewiston	114	$53,196	$16,559
Northern Light Mercy Hospital	Portland	68	$62,068	$17,508
Cary Medical Center	Caribou	18	$27,944	$17,708
St Joseph Hospital	Bangor	104	$46,428	$18,414
Northern Light a R Gould Hospital	Presque Isle	35	$57,123	$18,936
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center	Portland	453	$65,763	$19,319
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital	Ellsworth	52	$43,967	$20,896
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	166	$90,231	$20,934
Maine General Medical Center	Augusta	135	$57,557	$21,117
Franklin Memorial Hospital	Farmington	29	$41,442	$22,377
Northern Maine Medical Center	Fort Kent	27	$19,359	$23,042
Northern Light Inland Hospital	Waterville	31	$36,944	$24,766
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital	Rockport	61	$47,548	$24,788

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.