Sepsis Cost in Georgia — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) without major complications.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for sepsis. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 5–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Emergency department evaluation and sepsis workup
- Inpatient room and continuous monitoring
- IV antibiotics and fluids (often broad-spectrum until culture results return)
- Blood cultures, lactate, and serial labs
- Source-control procedures if needed (drainage, etc.)
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist, infectious-disease, and any specialty consultant fees
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Home health for any IV antibiotic continuation
- Long-term rehab if sepsis caused weakness
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does sepsis best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Sepsis Care Bundle (SEP-1)
The headline sepsis metric — measures how often hospitals deliver evidence-based sepsis care within strict time windows (antibiotics, fluids, repeat lactate).
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle
For the sickest sepsis patients, faster bundle completion saves lives.
Hospital-wide Mortality
Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death. A hospital with strong overall mortality numbers is usually doing the right things for sepsis.
C. diff Infection Ratio
Sepsis treatment requires broad-spectrum antibiotics, which raises C. diff risk. Hospitals with low SIR control this better.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For sepsis, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- Sepsis admissions aren't shoppable in real time — the nearest hospital is typically the right call during an acute episode. This page is more useful for chronic-condition planning or evaluating where care was delivered.
- For elderly patients or those with chronic disease, the hospital with the best SEP-1 compliance score may be worth additional travel time when distances are comparable.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- During acute illness: skip this list and call 911. Sepsis worsens by the hour.
- After discharge: what outpatient antibiotic continuation is needed? Is it covered?
- Is post-sepsis rehab or follow-up recommended? Where will it happen?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Warm Springs Medical Center
Warm Springs, GA
Gross charge $6,252Cash pay $3,126 - 2
Bacon County Hospital
Alma, GA
Gross charge $6,760Cash pay $5,408 - 3
Elbert Memorial Hospital
Elberton, GA
Gross charge $12,724Cash pay $5,090 - 4
Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton
Carrollton, GA
Gross charge $21,296Cash pay $12,778Medicare pays (avg) $6,835 - 5
Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica
Villa Rica, GA
Gross charge $21,296Cash pay $12,778Medicare pays (avg) $9,237 - 6
Higgins General Hospital
Bremen, GA
Gross charge $21,296Cash pay $12,778 - 7
Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus
Brunswick, GA
Gross charge $23,707Medicare pays (avg) $8,236 - 8
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus
Saint Marys, GA
Gross charge $23,707 - 9
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc
Douglas, GA
Gross charge $23,803Cash pay $16,186 - 10
St. Mary's Health Care System
Athens, GA
Gross charge $23,885Cash pay $15,526Medicare pays (avg) $6,626 - 11
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital
Greensboro, GA
Gross charge $23,885Cash pay $15,526 - 12
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Jesup, GA
Gross charge $30,578Cash pay $24,463Medicare pays (avg) $8,133 - 13
Jasper Memorial Hospital
Monticello, GA
Gross charge $34,446Cash pay $27,557 - 14
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $40,273Cash pay $12,082Medicare pays (avg) $7,729 - 15
Piedmont Athens Regional
Athens, GA
Gross charge $40,273Cash pay $12,082Medicare pays (avg) $7,290 - 16
Piedmont Rockdale
Conyers, GA
Gross charge $40,273Cash pay $12,082Medicare pays (avg) $8,047 - 17
Piedmont Henry
Stockbridge, GA
Gross charge $40,273Cash pay $12,082Medicare pays (avg) $7,267 - 18
Piedmont Macon North
Macon, GA
Gross charge $40,273Cash pay $12,082Medicare pays (avg) $6,494 - 19
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fayetteville, GA
Gross charge $40,273Cash pay $12,082Medicare pays (avg) $6,860 - 20
Piedmont Newnan
Newnan, GA
Gross charge $40,273Cash pay $12,082Medicare pays (avg) $6,712 - 21
Piedmont Newton Hospital
Covington, GA
Gross charge $42,183Cash pay $12,655Medicare pays (avg) $6,709 - 22
Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, GA
Gross charge $42,183Cash pay $12,655Medicare pays (avg) $7,156 - 23
Piedmont Walton
Monroe, GA
Gross charge $42,183Cash pay $12,655Medicare pays (avg) $7,149 - 24
Piedmont Hospital, Inc
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge $42,183Cash pay $12,655Medicare pays (avg) $5,765 - 25
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (Acute Care)
Snellville, GA
Gross charge $42,183Cash pay $12,655Medicare pays (avg) $7,691 - 26
Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside
Columbus, GA
Gross charge $42,183Cash pay $12,655Medicare pays (avg) $4,689 - 27
Piedmont Mountainside
Jasper, GA
Gross charge $42,183Cash pay $12,655Medicare pays (avg) $6,726 - 28
Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba
Macon, GA
Gross charge $43,652Cash pay $13,096Medicare pays (avg) $7,341 - 29
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Rome, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,736 - 30
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
Statesboro, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,625 - 31
Grady Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Atlanta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,134 - 32
Tift Regional Medical Center
Tifton, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,349 - 33
Crisp Regional Hospital
Cordele, GA
Gross charge — - 34
SGMC Health - Main
Valdosta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,856 - 35
Fairview Park Hospital (Acute Care)
Dublin, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,324 - 36
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Vidalia, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,706 - 37
Memorial Hospital and Manor
Bainbridge, GA
Gross charge — - 38
Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin
Milledgeville, GA
Gross charge — - 39
Doctors Hospital (Acute Care)
Augusta, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,683 - 40
Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia
Ringgold, GA
Gross charge — - 41
Northside Hospital Duluth (Acute Care)
Duluth, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,088 - 42
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Byron, GA
Gross charge — - 43
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall
Reidsville, GA
Gross charge — - 44
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center
Cedartown, GA
Gross charge — - 45
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Albany, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,812 - 46
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,300 - 47
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
Demorest, GA
Gross charge — - 48
St. Joseph's Hospital
Savannah, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,591 - 49
Union General Hospital
Blairsville, GA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,312 - 50Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,973
- 51
SGMC Health - Berrien
Nashville, GA
Gross charge — - 52
Southwell Medical, a Campus of Trmc
Adel, GA
Gross charge —
28 Georgia hospitals publish gross charges for sepsis (DRG 872). Prices range from $6,252 to $43,652 — roughly $37,400 apart. The cheapest is Warm Springs Medical Center in Warm Springs; the most expensive is Coliseum Medical Centers, Llc, Dba in Macon. The state average sits at $31,946.
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 872 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.