Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours in Mississippi

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

$181,765typical hospital bill

$44,292typical amount paid

$37,055–$58,178range paid across 11 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $181,765 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	12	$107,105	$37,055
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital	Olive Branch	11	$128,720	$42,543
Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto	Southaven	13	$195,717	$42,749
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	27	$243,739	$43,100
Bmh-Golden Triangle	Columbus	17	$129,850	$43,134
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport	Gulfport	15	$490,605	$44,292
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	33	$181,765	$44,629
University of Mississippi Med Center	Jackson	33	$147,626	$46,565
Merit Health River Region	Vicksburg	14	$416,253	$47,285
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	34	$181,732	$48,151
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	31	$242,674	$58,178

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.