Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 870: Septicemia or severe sepsis with mv >96 hours

$151,630typical hospital bill

$68,523typical amount paid

$55,167–$146,245range paid across 18 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $151,630 for this stay in 2024, about 2.2 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
Good Samaritan Medical Center	Brockton	18	$112,176	$55,167
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	18	$106,647	$56,225
Falmouth Hospital	Falmouth	14	$125,464	$56,531
Winchester Hospital	Winchester	15	$105,544	$57,276
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	21	$122,739	$57,641
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	27	$152,748	$59,707
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth	Plymouth	13	$142,230	$60,199
Mount Auburn Hospital	Cambridge	12	$98,621	$66,368
Northeast Hospital Corporation	Beverly	12	$185,839	$66,507
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	47	$150,513	$70,540
St Vincent Hospital	Worcester	21	$236,897	$72,428
Berkshire Medical Center	Pittsfield	24	$122,003	$73,995
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	46	$159,254	$76,898
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	46	$300,925	$78,681
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	84	$236,603	$78,951
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	35	$357,251	$86,620
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	35	$234,239	$111,081
Boston Medical Center	Boston	25	$293,738	$146,245

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.