Sepsis, with major complications in Mississippi

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

$45,855typical hospital bill

$14,275typical amount paid

$10,874–$21,454range paid across 44 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,855 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Highland Community Hospital	Picayune	55	$39,125	$10,874
Merit Health River Oaks	Flowood	97	$161,107	$12,099
Marion General Hospital	Columbia	29	$21,950	$12,242
Singing River Health System	Pascagoula	174	$81,173	$12,594
Southwest Ms Regional Medical Center	McComb	124	$39,067	$12,599
Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	180	$47,959	$12,654
Singing River Gulfport	Gulfport	113	$117,089	$12,770
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County	New Albany	180	$46,979	$12,849
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	478	$77,589	$12,884
Greenwood Leflore Hospital	Greenwood	12	$33,282	$12,890
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	650	$46,067	$12,974
Highland Hills Medical Center	Senatobia	14	$17,886	$13,016
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	525	$49,892	$13,234
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital	Olive Branch	217	$45,643	$13,407
Ochsner Rush Hospital	Meridian	128	$34,746	$13,500
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms	Oxford	799	$47,939	$13,676
South Central Reg Med Ctr	Laurel	136	$33,189	$13,802
Bmh-Golden Triangle	Columbus	536	$42,669	$13,806
North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory	Amory	37	$33,288	$13,907
Merit Health River Region	Vicksburg	138	$174,630	$13,993
Memorial Hospital Biloxi	Biloxi	52	$142,192	$14,035
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	Gulfport	319	$158,842	$14,261
Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto	Southaven	555	$71,208	$14,290
Bolivar Medical Center	Cleveland	95	$87,001	$14,348
Magnolia Regional Health Center	Corinth	339	$38,796	$14,443
University of Mississippi Medical Center- Grenada	Grenada	88	$26,710	$14,628
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	573	$52,581	$14,653
Tishomingo Health Services Inc	Iuka	21	$20,606	$14,713
Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed	Eupora	25	$20,596	$14,943
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County	Starkville	57	$32,225	$15,000
Wayne General Hospital	Waynesboro	41	$19,135	$15,014
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital	Brandon	21	$113,827	$15,326
Northwest Missississippi Regional Medical Center	Clarksdale	28	$44,001	$15,425
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven	Brookhaven	129	$25,417	$15,448
Merit Health Madison	Canton	28	$93,403	$15,486
Clay County Medical Corporation	West Point	35	$27,183	$15,673
Merit Health Central	Jackson	22	$187,527	$15,812
Merit Health Wesley	Hattiesburg	136	$159,970	$16,016
George Regional Health System	Lucedale	13	$37,951	$16,226
Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville	Booneville	62	$39,199	$17,151
Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock	Bay Saint Louis	34	$29,631	$17,305
Delta Health System - the Medical Center	Greenville	70	$52,870	$17,575
Merit Health Natchez	Natchez	114	$136,957	$17,723
University of Mississippi Med Center	Jackson	322	$69,993	$21,454

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.