Sepsis Cost in Mississippi — 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
Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home
Water Valley, MS
Gross charge $6,760Cash pay $4,732 - 2
Ochsner Scott Regional
Morton, MS
Gross charge $13,558Cash pay $8,542 - 3
South Sunflower County Hospital
Indianola, MS
Gross charge $13,561 - 4
South Central Reg Medical Center
Laurel, MS
Gross charge $14,688Cash pay $6,169Medicare pays (avg) $5,927 - 5
Wayne General Hospital
Waynesboro, MS
Gross charge $14,745 - 6
Magee General Hospital
Magee, MS
Gross charge $16,348Cash pay $5,673 - 7
Ochsner Stennis Hospital
De Kalb, MS
Gross charge $17,050Cash pay $11,765 - 8
Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock
Bay Saint Louis, MS
Gross charge $19,887Cash pay $7,557 - 9
George Regional Health System
Lucedale, MS
Gross charge $22,971Cash pay $14,931 - 10
Simpson General Hospital
Mendenhall, MS
Gross charge $23,996Cash pay $16,797 - 11
Southwest Ms Regional Medical Center
Mccomb, MS
Gross charge $24,376Cash pay $14,626Medicare pays (avg) $5,526 - 12
Lawrence County Hospital
Monticello, MS
Gross charge $24,376Cash pay $14,626 - 13
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital
Olive Branch, MS
Gross charge $27,355Cash pay $6,018Medicare pays (avg) $5,943 - 14
Ochsner Laird Hospital
Union, MS
Gross charge $28,364Cash pay $17,302 - 15
Marion General Hospital
Columbia, MS
Gross charge $29,112Cash pay $17,467 - 16
Greenwood Leflore Hospital
Greenwood, MS
Gross charge $34,446Cash pay $27,557 - 17
Delta Health System - the Medical Center
Greenville, MS
Gross charge $37,814Medicare pays (avg) $6,791 - 18
University of Mississippi Med Center
Jackson, MS
Gross charge $39,393Cash pay $15,757Medicare pays (avg) $9,730 - 19
North Sunflower Medical Center
Ruleville, MS
Gross charge $45,484Cash pay $22,742 - 20
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,064 - 21
Winston Medical Center
Louisville, MS
Gross charge — - 22
Merit Health River Region
Vicksburg, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,342 - 23Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,998
- 24
Pascagoula Hospital - Singing River Health System
Pascagoula, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,479 - 25
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville
Booneville, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,435 - 26
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven
Brookhaven, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,831 - 27
Merit Health Central
Jackson, MS
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center- South
Meridian, MS
Gross charge — - 29
Merit Health Natchez (Acute Care)
Natchez, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,413 - 30
Merit Health Wesley
Hattiesburg, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,155 - 31
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital
Brandon, MS
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center
Meridian, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,594 - 33
Merit Health Woman's Hospital
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 34
Merit Health River Oaks
Flowood, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,158 - 35
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
Southaven, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,969 - 36
Baptist Medical Center Leake
Carthage, MS
Gross charge — - 37
Bmh-Calhoun
Calhoun City, MS
Gross charge — - 38
Memorial Hospital Biloxi
Biloxi, MS
Gross charge — - 39
Bolivar Medical Center
Cleveland, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,408 - 40
Singing River Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,177 - 41
Bmh-Golden Triangle
Columbus, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,929 - 42
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
Yazoo City, MS
Gross charge — - 43
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County
New Albany, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,942 - 44
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,934
19 Mississippi hospitals publish gross charges for sepsis (DRG 872). Prices range from $6,760 to $45,484 — roughly $38,724 apart. The cheapest is Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home in Water Valley; the most expensive is North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville. The state average sits at $23,910.
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. Mississippi 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.