Sepsis Cost in New York — 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
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake, NY
Gross charge $6,512Cash pay $4,038 - 2
O'connor Hospital
Delhi, NY
Gross charge $9,780Cash pay $2,640 - 3
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge $10,517Medicare pays (avg) $8,527 - 4
Little Falls Hospital
Little Falls, NY
Gross charge $11,428Cash pay $3,085 - 5
Cobleskill Regional Hospital
Cobleskill, NY
Gross charge $13,131Cash pay $3,545 - 6
Bassett Healthcare
Cooperstown, NY
Gross charge $16,101Cash pay $4,347Medicare pays (avg) $9,395 - 7
Mount St. Mary's Hospital
Lewiston, NY
Gross charge $17,097Medicare pays (avg) $6,428 - 8
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital
Oneonta, NY
Gross charge $17,490Cash pay $4,722Medicare pays (avg) $8,573 - 9
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge $17,835Medicare pays (avg) $7,410 - 10
Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)
Kenmore, NY
Gross charge $18,202Cash pay $17,783 - 11
Rochester General Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge $18,541Cash pay $12,052Medicare pays (avg) $9,192 - 12
RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic
Clifton Springs, NY
Gross charge $18,541Cash pay $12,052 - 13
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
Potsdam, NY
Gross charge $19,210Cash pay $12,486Medicare pays (avg) $7,404 - 14
Sisters of Charity Hospital
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge $20,315Medicare pays (avg) $7,864 - 15
Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)
Elmira, NY
Gross charge $21,708Medicare pays (avg) $9,706 - 16
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady, NY
Gross charge $24,901Cash pay $12,451Medicare pays (avg) $8,206 - 17
St. Peter's Hospital
Albany, NY
Gross charge $28,490Cash pay $18,518Medicare pays (avg) $6,906 - 18
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York
Troy, NY
Gross charge $28,490Cash pay $18,518Medicare pays (avg) $8,115 - 19
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Sunnyview Hospital
Schenectady, NY
Gross charge $28,490Cash pay $18,518 - 20
St Marys Healthcare
Amsterdam, NY
Gross charge $28,606Medicare pays (avg) $7,768 - 21
Wynn Hospital
Utica, NY
Gross charge $31,503Cash pay $18,902Medicare pays (avg) $7,911 - 22
Corning Hospital
Corning, NY
Gross charge $34,542Cash pay $27,633Medicare pays (avg) $6,956 - 23
Bronxcare Hospital Center
Bronx, NY
Gross charge $36,892Cash pay $25,813Medicare pays (avg) $19,089 - 24
St Joseph's Medical Center
Yonkers, NY
Gross charge $44,895 - 25
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center
Cortland, NY
Gross charge $49,876Cash pay $39,901Medicare pays (avg) $8,323 - 26
Bon Secours Community Hospital
Port Jervis, NY
Gross charge $131,995Cash pay $15,965Medicare pays (avg) $7,520 - 27
Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)
Valhalla, NY
Gross charge $131,995Cash pay $16,744Medicare pays (avg) $9,970 - 28
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc
Binghamton, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,623 - 29
Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)
East Meadow, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,209 - 30
Richmond University Medical Center
Staten Island, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,623 - 31
Huntington Hospital
Huntington, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $41,616Medicare pays (avg) $7,535 - 32
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,230 - 33
Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)
Geneva, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,478 - 34
Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bronx, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,361 - 35
UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital
Canandaigua, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,974 - 36
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
Mount Vernon, NY
Gross charge — - 37
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital
Springville, NY
Gross charge — - 38
Garnet Health Medical Center
Middletown, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,417 - 39Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,304
- 40
UR Medicine St James Hospital
Hornell, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,531 - 41
Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)
Watertown, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,498 - 42
Highland Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,531Medicare pays (avg) $7,853 - 43
Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)
Glen Cove, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $36,700Medicare pays (avg) $8,623 - 44
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
New Rochelle, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,021 - 45
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,620 - 46
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $41,616Medicare pays (avg) $10,112 - 47
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,247 - 48
NYU Langone Hospitals
New York, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,168 - 49
Oswego Hospital
Oswego, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,881 - 50
Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,803 - 51
Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga Springs, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,528 - 52
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center
Syracuse, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,140 - 53
Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall
Newburgh, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,203Medicare pays (avg) $8,024 - 54
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,531Medicare pays (avg) $10,465 - 55
Good Samaritan University Hospital
West Islip, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,137 - 56
White Plains Hospital
White Plains, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,369 - 57
Cayuga Medical Center
Ithaca, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,881 - 58
Plainview Hospital
Plainview, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $36,700Medicare pays (avg) $8,088 - 59Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,968
- 60
St. Barnabas Hospital
Bronx, NY
Gross charge — - 61Gross charge —
- 62
Schuyler Hospital
Montour Falls, NY
Gross charge — - 63
Kaleida Health (Acute Care)
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,997 - 64
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,961 - 65
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Jamaica, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,976 - 66
Olean General Hospital
Olean, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,789 - 67
Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bronx, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,541 - 68
Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Elmhurst, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,821 - 69
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Flushing, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,108 - 70
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,437 - 71
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,004 - 72
Metropolitan Hospital Center (Acute Care — New York)
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 73
Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,429 - 74
Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)
New York, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,240 - 75
St John's Riverside Hospital
Yonkers, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,560 - 76
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc
Dunkirk, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,264 - 77
Queens Hospital Center
Jamaica, NY
Gross charge — - 78
Harlem Hospital Center
New York, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,050 - 79
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,246 - 80
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,872 - 81
United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.
Binghamton, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,138 - 82
UHS Delaware Valley Hospital
Walton, NY
Gross charge — - 83
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore
Far Rockaway, NY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,593
27 New York hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,512 to $131,995. The cheapest is Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $31,003.
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 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.