Sepsis Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$57,348
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$11,908 – $76,700
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Warm Springs Medical Center
Warm Springs, GA
Gross charge $11,908Cash pay $5,954 - 2
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $12,833Cash pay $10,267 - 3
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Monticello, GA
Gross charge $17,702Cash pay $14,162 - 4
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $38,826Cash pay $25,237Medicare pays (avg) $13,910 - 5
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $38,826Cash pay $25,237 - 6
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $38,936Cash pay $26,477Medicare pays (avg) $13,112 - 7
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $39,528Cash pay $31,622Medicare pays (avg) $16,458 - 8
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $40,786Medicare pays (avg) $16,912 - 9
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $40,786Medicare pays (avg) $23,539 - 10
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
Carrollton, GA
Gross charge $58,779Cash pay $35,268Medicare pays (avg) $13,965 - 11
Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica
Villa Rica, GA
Gross charge $58,779Cash pay $35,268Medicare pays (avg) $13,586 - 12
Higgins General Hospital
Bremen, GA
Gross charge $58,779Cash pay $35,268 - 13
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $67,895Cash pay $20,369Medicare pays (avg) $13,395 - 14
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $69,592Cash pay $20,878Medicare pays (avg) $13,782 - 15
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $69,592Cash pay $20,878Medicare pays (avg) $13,951 - 16
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $69,592Cash pay $20,878Medicare pays (avg) $14,205 - 17
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $69,592Cash pay $20,878Medicare pays (avg) $13,522 - 18
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $69,592Cash pay $20,878Medicare pays (avg) $11,484 - 19
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $69,592Cash pay $20,878Medicare pays (avg) $13,212 - 20
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $69,592Cash pay $20,878Medicare pays (avg) $13,452 - 21
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $76,700Cash pay $23,010Medicare pays (avg) $13,199 - 22
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $76,700Cash pay $23,010Medicare pays (avg) $13,416 - 23
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $76,700Cash pay $23,010Medicare pays (avg) $12,863 - 24
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $76,700Cash pay $23,010Medicare pays (avg) $12,182 - 25
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $76,700Cash pay $23,010Medicare pays (avg) $13,765 - 26
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $76,700Cash pay $23,010Medicare pays (avg) $9,950 - 27
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $76,700Cash pay $23,010Medicare pays (avg) $12,918 - 28
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,076 - 29
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,923 - 30
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,982 - 31
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,360 - 32
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,379 - 33
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,315 - 34
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,447 - 35
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,686 - 36
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 37
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,230 - 38
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,244 - 39
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,454 - 40
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,882 - 41
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 42
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 44
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,060 - 45
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,858 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 47
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,731 - 48
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,821 - 49Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,127
- 50
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 51
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge —
27 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for sepsis (DRG 871). Prices range from $11,908 to $76,700 — roughly $64,792 apart. The cheapest is Warm Springs Medical Center in Warm Springs; the most expensive is Piedmont Mountainside in Jasper. The state average sits at $57,348.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. 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. Georgia 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.