Sepsis Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$58,782
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$34,634 – $100,163
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -
Boston, MA
Gross charge $34,634Cash pay $25,976 - 2
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $40,017Cash pay $18,140Medicare pays (avg) $14,710 - 3
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $40,458Medicare pays (avg) $24,755 - 4
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $42,868Cash pay $32,151Medicare pays (avg) $15,450 - 5
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $45,490Cash pay $31,843Medicare pays (avg) $14,792 - 6
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $45,490Cash pay $31,843Medicare pays (avg) $14,535 - 7
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $45,490Cash pay $31,843Medicare pays (avg) $22,512 - 8
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Northampton, MA
Gross charge $47,887Cash pay $35,915Medicare pays (avg) $14,067 - 9
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $61,995Medicare pays (avg) $15,648 - 10
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $61,995Medicare pays (avg) $14,465 - 11
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $61,995Medicare pays (avg) $21,603 - 12
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $66,108Cash pay $36,359Medicare pays (avg) $15,135 - 13
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $86,974Cash pay $65,231Medicare pays (avg) $20,956 - 14
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $100,163Cash pay $75,122Medicare pays (avg) $22,826 - 15
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $100,163Cash pay $75,122Medicare pays (avg) $16,670 - 16
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,923 - 17
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,848 - 18
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,670 - 19
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,190 - 20
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,349 - 22
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,387 - 23
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,763 - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,513 - 25
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $23,582 - 26
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,609 - 28
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,875 - 29
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,672 - 30
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 31
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,685
15 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for sepsis (DRG 871). Prices range from $34,634 to $100,163 — roughly $65,529 apart. The cheapest is Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - in Boston; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $58,782.
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. Massachusetts 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.