DRG 871 · Infection & Sepsis

Sepsis Cost in New York — Compare All Hospitals

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

State average
$51,739
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
28
with published pricing
Price range
$13,637 – $229,554
low to high
Lowest $13,637 Highest $229,554

28 New York hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $13,637 to $229,554. The cheapest is Little Falls Hospital in Little Falls; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $51,739.

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. New York 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

    Little Falls Hospital

    Little Falls, NY

    Gross charge $13,637
    Cash pay $3,682
  2. 2

    O'connor Hospital

    Delhi, NY

    Gross charge $14,418
    Cash pay $3,893
  3. 3

    Cobleskill Regional Hospital

    Cobleskill, NY

    Gross charge $14,535
    Cash pay $3,924
  4. 4

    New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.

    Brooklyn, NY

    188 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $16,803
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,444
  5. 5

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    100 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,213
    Cash pay $27,697
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,769
  6. 6

    Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital

    Oneonta, NY

    95 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $30,383
    Cash pay $8,203
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,437
  7. 7

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    302 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $31,576
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,520
  8. 8

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    373 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,077
    Cash pay $16,539
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,968
  9. 9

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    85 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,511
    Cash pay $26,809
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,597
  10. 10

    Canton-Potsdam Hospital

    Potsdam, NY

    165 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,946
    Cash pay $22,065
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,421
  11. 11

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    78 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $34,057
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,478
  12. 12

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

    69 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $35,115
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,708
  13. 13

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    205 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,465
    Cash pay $23,702
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,629
  14. 14

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,465
    Cash pay $23,702
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,839
  15. 15

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    208 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $36,969
    Cash pay $9,982
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,239
  16. 16

    Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Elmira, NY

    117 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $38,460
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,169
  17. 17

    St Marys Healthcare

    Amsterdam, NY

    84 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $42,260
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,699
  18. 18

    Suny/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn

    Brooklyn, NY

    73 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,381
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,314
  19. 19

    St. Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    636 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $47,901
    Cash pay $31,135
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,469
  20. 20

    Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

    Troy, NY

    314 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $47,901
    Cash pay $31,135
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,629
  21. 21
    Gross charge $47,901
    Cash pay $31,135
  22. 22

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    100 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $49,269
    Cash pay $39,415
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,399
  23. 23

    Community Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Hamilton, NY

    Gross charge $52,460
    Cash pay $41,968
  24. 24

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    325 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $54,040
    Cash pay $32,424
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,073
  25. 25

    Bronxcare Hospital Center

    Bronx, NY

    145 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $57,386
    Cash pay $42,910
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,494
  26. 26

    St Joseph's Medical Center

    Yonkers, NY

    62 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $76,468
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,379
  27. 27

    Bon Secours Community Hospital

    Port Jervis, NY

    62 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $229,554
    Cash pay $29,567
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,158
  28. 28

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    277 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $229,554
    Cash pay $31,241
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,335
  29. 29

    Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Binghamton, NY

    144 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,325
  30. 30

    Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    East Meadow, NY

    153 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $25,415
  31. 31

    Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, NY

    190 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,616
  32. 32

    Huntington Hospital

    Huntington, NY

    753 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $77,765
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,737
  33. 33

    Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

    Brooklyn, NY

    149 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,491
  34. 34

    Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Geneva, NY

    105 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,180
  35. 35

    Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    995 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,144
  36. 36

    UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

    81 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,964
  37. 37

    Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

    Mount Vernon, NY

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,804
  38. 38

    Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

    Springville, NY

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    Garnet Health Medical Center

    Middletown, NY

    477 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,649
  40. 40

    NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk (formerly Long Island Community Hospital LICH)

    Patchogue, NY

    748 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,671
  41. 41

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    50 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $22,703
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,371
  42. 42

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    141 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,664
  43. 43

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    233 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $22,703
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,697
  44. 44

    Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)

    Glen Cove, NY

    301 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $68,581
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,283
  45. 45

    Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

    New Rochelle, NY

    191 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,426
  46. 46

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

    154 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,982
  47. 47

    Long Island Jewish Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, NY

    1,307 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $77,765
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,700
  48. 48

    Crouse Hospital

    Syracuse, NY

    194 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,054
  49. 49

    NYU Langone Hospitals

    New York, NY

    2,348 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,527
  50. 50

    Oswego Hospital

    Oswego, NY

    110 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,397
  51. 51

    Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

    90 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,636
  52. 52

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

    286 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,461
  53. 53

    University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center

    Syracuse, NY

    458 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,158
  54. 54

    Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall

    Newburgh, NY

    264 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,790
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,705
  55. 55

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    414 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $22,703
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,713
  56. 56

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

    556 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,464
  57. 57

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

    1,067 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,656
  58. 58

    Cayuga Medical Center

    Ithaca, NY

    172 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,096
  59. 59

    Plainview Hospital

    Plainview, NY

    532 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $68,581
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,566
  60. 60
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,633
  61. 61

    St. Barnabas Hospital

    Bronx, NY

    54 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,935
  62. 62
    Gross charge
  63. 63

    Schuyler Hospital

    Montour Falls, NY

    Gross charge
  64. 64

    Kaleida Health (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

    449 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,478
  65. 65

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

    467 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,008
  66. 66

    Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Jamaica, NY

    190 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,169
  67. 67

    Olean General Hospital

    Olean, NY

    209 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,193
  68. 68

    Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

    264 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,182
  69. 69

    Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Elmhurst, NY

    184 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $37,178
  70. 70

    Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    Flushing, NY

    356 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,646
  71. 71

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

    1,019 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,610
  72. 72

    NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

    Brooklyn, NY

    478 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,973
  73. 73

    Metropolitan Hospital Center (Acute Care — New York)

    New York, NY

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $55,024
  74. 74

    Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Brooklyn, NY

    205 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $38,636
  75. 75

    Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    New York, NY

    94 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $39,811
  76. 76

    St John's Riverside Hospital

    Yonkers, NY

    229 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,742
  77. 77

    Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

    Dunkirk, NY

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,747
  78. 78

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

    159 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $38,308
  79. 79

    Harlem Hospital Center

    New York, NY

    116 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $34,046
  80. 80

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

    979 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,285
  81. 81

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

    308 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,501
  82. 82

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

    Gross charge
  83. 83

    St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore

    Far Rockaway, NY

    301 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $25,555

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