US Health Care Costs

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours in Minnesota

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

$229,935typical hospital bill
$68,047typical amount paid
$51,368–$113,020range paid across 9 hospitals

Minnesota hospitals billed Medicare a typical $229,935 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
St Lukes HospitalDuluth11$181,462$51,368
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth32$165,889$55,973
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park14$289,375$60,342
North Memorial Health HospitalRobbinsdale23$185,281$60,789
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud27$177,549$68,047
Regions HospitalSaint Paul28$229,935$68,365
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis13$390,184$86,948
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester13$261,603$92,508
M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis15$506,228$113,020

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.