DRG 871 · Infection & Sepsis

Sepsis Cost in Florida — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.

State average
$107,149
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$63,044 – $141,979
low to high
Lowest $63,044 Highest $141,979

11 Florida hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $63,044 to $141,979. The cheapest is Holy Cross Health in Ft Lauderdale; the most expensive is Baptist Hospital of Miami in Miami. The state average sits at $107,149.

What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists sepsis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent sepsis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Florida hospitals missing from the list either don't perform sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Holy Cross Health

    Ft Lauderdale, FL

    408 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $63,044
    Cash pay $40,978
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,140
  2. 2

    Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center

    Lakeland, FL

    613 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $74,589
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,259
  3. 3

    Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

    Tallahassee, FL

    220 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $89,380
    Cash pay $62,566
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,372
  4. 4

    Lee Memorial Hospital

    Fort Myers, FL

    488 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $90,909
    Cash pay $18,182
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,782
  5. 5

    Cape Coral Hospital

    Cape Coral, FL

    376 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $90,909
    Cash pay $18,182
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,776
  6. 6

    Jackson Health System

    Miami, FL

    343 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $101,708
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,510
  7. 7

    Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus

    Hialeah, FL

    120 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $121,081
    Cash pay $84,757
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,813
  8. 8

    Larkin Community Hospital

    South Miami, FL

    44 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $121,081
    Cash pay $84,757
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,701
  9. 9

    Baptist Health South Miami Hospital

    Miami, FL

    165 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $141,979
    Cash pay $92,286
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,763
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital

    Boca Raton, FL

    385 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $141,979
    Cash pay $92,286
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,742
  11. 11

    Baptist Hospital of Miami

    Miami, FL

    500 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $141,979
    Cash pay $92,286
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,826
  12. 12

    Halifax Health Medical Center

    Daytona Beach, FL

    371 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,892
  13. 13

    Holmes Regional Medical Center

    Melbourne, FL

    345 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,126
  14. 14

    HCA Florida Citrus Hospital

    Inverness, FL

    399 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,674
  15. 15

    Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola

    Pensacola, FL

    427 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,223
  16. 16

    Ascension Sacred Heart Bay

    Panama City, FL

    267 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,550
  17. 17

    Parrish Medical Center

    Titusville, FL

    165 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,371
  18. 18

    North Shore Medical Center

    Miami, FL

    148 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,564
  19. 19

    Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc

    Miami Beach, FL

    287 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,811
  20. 20

    Broward Health Medical Center

    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    141 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,214
  21. 21

    Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside

    Jacksonville, FL

    248 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,337
  22. 22

    Mease Dunedin Hospital

    Dunedin, FL

    122 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,685
  23. 23

    Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital

    Stuart, FL

    885 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,286
  24. 24

    HCA Florida Highlands Hospital

    Sebring, FL

    128 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,724
  25. 25

    Winter Haven Hospital

    Winter Haven, FL

    381 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,924
  26. 26

    Hialeah Hospital

    Hialeah, FL

    70 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,364
  27. 27

    HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital

    Niceville, FL

    80 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,390
  28. 28

    Morton Plant North Bay Hospital

    New Port Richey, FL

    204 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,179
  29. 29

    St. Anthony's Hospital

    Saint Petersburg, FL

    422 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,371
  30. 30

    St Josephs Hospital

    Tampa, FL

    961 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,671
  31. 31

    AdventHealth Port Charlotte

    Port Charlotte, FL

    178 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,944
  32. 32

    HCA Florida Jfk Hospital (Acute Care)

    Atlantis, FL

    822 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,565
  33. 33

    Broward Health North

    Deerfield Beach, FL

    259 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,599
  34. 34

    Baptist Hospital

    Pensacola, FL

    372 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,172
  35. 35

    HCA Florida Osceola Hospital

    Kissimmee, FL

    232 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,907
  36. 36

    Bartow Regional Medical Center

    Bartow, FL

    85 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,921
  37. 37

    North Okaloosa Medical Center

    Crestview, FL

    188 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,181
  38. 38

    Santa Rosa Medical Center

    Milton, FL

    86 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,718
  39. 39

    Morton Plant Hospital

    Clearwater, FL

    537 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,039
  40. 40

    HCA Florida Aventura Hospital (Acute Care)

    Aventura, FL

    390 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,627
  41. 41

    South Florida Baptist Hospital

    Plant City, FL

    180 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,835
  42. 42

    Lower Keys Medical Center

    Key West, FL

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,693
  43. 43

    HCA Florida Lake City Hospital

    Lake City, FL

    257 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,831
  44. 44

    HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital

    Sarasota, FL

    208 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,481
  45. 45

    HCA Florida Mercy Hospital

    Plantation, FL

    107 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,244
  46. 46

    Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

    Palm Beach Gardens, FL

    172 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,284
  47. 47

    Cape Canaveral Hospital

    Cocoa Beach, FL

    126 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,100
  48. 48

    HCA Florida Memorial Hospital

    Jacksonville, FL

    217 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,552
  49. 49

    HCA Florida St Petersburg Hospital

    Saint Petersburg, FL

    109 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,589
  50. 50

    Coral Gables Hospital

    Coral Gables, FL

    70 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,132
  51. 51

    Palmetto General Hospital

    Hialeah, FL

    131 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,387
  52. 52

    HCA Florida Northwest Hospital

    Margate, FL

    254 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,064
  53. 53

    HCA Florida Trinity Hospital

    Trinity, FL

    282 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,058
  54. 54

    Broward Health Imperial Point

    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    75 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,273
  55. 55

    HCA Florida North Florida Hospital

    Gainesville, FL

    511 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,243
  56. 56

    HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital

    Tampa, FL

    74 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,415
  57. 57

    HCA Florida Kendall Hospital

    Miami, FL

    230 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,072
  58. 58

    HCA Florida Blake Hospital

    Bradenton, FL

    290 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,584
  59. 59

    Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health

    Fort Myers, FL

    621 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,531
  60. 60

    HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital

    Fort Walton Beach, FL

    330 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,950
  61. 61

    HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital

    Orange Park, FL

    327 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,943
  62. 62

    HCA Florida West Hospital

    Pensacola, FL

    308 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,274
  63. 63

    HCA Florida Putnam Hospital

    Palatka, FL

    89 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,606
  64. 64

    HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital

    Port Charlotte, FL

    386 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,018
  65. 65

    HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital (Acute Care)

    Panama City, FL

    439 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,870
  66. 66

    HCA Florida Brandon Hospital (Acute Care)

    Brandon, FL

    371 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,592
  67. 67

    HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital

    Fort Pierce, FL

    380 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,056
  68. 68

    HCA Florida Largo Hospital

    Largo, FL

    280 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,147
  69. 69

    HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital

    Okeechobee, FL

    74 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,976
  70. 70

    HCA Florida Capital Hospital (Acute Care)

    Tallahassee, FL

    212 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,898
  71. 71

    HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital (Acute Care)

    Hudson, FL

    272 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,326
  72. 72

    Delray Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Delray Beach, FL

    406 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,403
  73. 73

    HCA Florida South Shore Hospital

    Sun City Center, FL

    199 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,156
  74. 74

    HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital

    Brooksville, FL

    355 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,053
  75. 75

    Mease Countryside Hospital

    Safety Harbor, FL

    453 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,002
  76. 76

    Gulf Breeze Hospital

    Gulf Breeze, FL

    110 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,720
  77. 77

    HCA Florida Englewood Hospital

    Englewood, FL

    145 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,261
  78. 78

    West Boca Medical Center

    Boca Raton, FL

    160 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,478
  79. 79

    HCA Florida Palms West Hospital

    Loxahatchee, FL

    159 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,767
  80. 80

    Broward Health Coral Springs

    Coral Springs, FL

    114 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,670
  81. 81

    Good Samaritan Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, FL

    205 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,707
  82. 82

    St. Mary's Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, FL

    110 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,708
  83. 83

    Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast

    Miramar Beach, FL

    77 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,890
  84. 84

    Ascension St. Vincent's Southside Hospital

    Jacksonville, FL

    160 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,117
  85. 85

    Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf

    Port Saint Joe, FL

    Gross charge
  86. 86

    HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital

    Kissimmee, FL

    68 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,290
  87. 87

    Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County

    Middleburg, FL

    164 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,573
  88. 88

    Oviedo Medical Center

    Oviedo, FL

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,490
  89. 89

    UCF Lake Nona Hospital

    Orlando, FL

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,884
  90. 90

    HCA Florida University Hospital

    Davie, FL

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,499
  91. 91

    Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County

    St. Johns, FL

    72 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,443
  92. 92

    BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel

    Wesley Chapel, FL

    67 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,498
  93. 93

    North Walton Doctors Hospital

    Defuniak Springs, FL

    Gross charge
  94. 94

    W Palm Beach VA Medical Center

    West Palm Beach, FL

    Gross charge
  95. 95

    Shands Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, FL

    312 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,636
  96. 96

    Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center

    Orlando, FL

    922 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,555
  97. 97

    Naples Community Hospital

    Naples, FL

    669 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,325
  98. 98

    Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, FL

    941 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,615
  99. 99

    UF Health Flagler Hospital

    Saint Augustine, FL

    329 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,991
  100. 100

    Uf Health Shands Hospital

    Gainesville, FL

    661 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,438
  101. 101

    Baptist Medical Center Beaches

    Jacksonville Beach, FL

    169 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,116
  102. 102

    Lakeside Medical Center

    Belle Glade, FL

    Gross charge
  103. 103

    Baptist Medical Center - Nassau

    Fernandina Beach, FL

    152 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,896
  104. 104

    Palm Bay Hospital

    Palm Bay, FL

    130 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,380
  105. 105

    Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Venice

    North Venice, FL

    470 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,083
  106. 106

    AdventHealth Riverview

    Riverview, FL

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,766
  107. 107

    Physicians Regional - Pine Ridge

    Naples, FL

    256 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,471
  108. 108

    Health First's Viera Hospital

    Melbourne, FL

    140 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,788
  109. 109
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,761
  110. 110

    HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital

    Lehigh Acres, FL

    58 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,813

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