US Health Care Costs

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours in Tennessee

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

$218,951typical hospital bill
$47,601typical amount paid
$40,561–$69,370range paid across 19 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $218,951 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol14$204,987$40,561
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell14$318,718$43,675
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville11$317,743$44,065
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia18$170,399$45,950
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City16$175,987$46,394
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville15$536,828$46,937
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville21$208,381$47,040
St Francis HospitalMemphis15$339,843$47,111
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville11$96,821$47,276
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport27$218,951$47,601
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga19$243,708$49,730
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland11$335,231$49,835
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis97$173,656$51,221
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis26$245,488$51,351
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson36$152,534$52,016
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville20$501,480$52,154
University Health System, IncKnoxville24$163,240$60,581
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga13$194,227$68,864
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville19$306,744$69,370

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.