DRG 871 · Infection & Sepsis

Sepsis Cost in Colorado — Compare All Hospitals

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

State average
$23,529
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$6,863 – $43,140
low to high
Lowest $6,863 Highest $43,140

5 Colorado hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,863 to $43,140. The cheapest is Rangely District Hospital in Rangely; the most expensive is Montrose Regional Health in Montrose. The state average sits at $23,529.

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. Colorado 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
    Gross charge $6,863
    Cash pay $4,461
  2. 2
    Gross charge $16,442
    Cash pay $13,976
  3. 3
    Gross charge $20,931
    Cash pay $18,838
  4. 4
    Gross charge $30,268
    Cash pay $25,728
  5. 5

    Montrose Regional Health

    Montrose, CO

    Gross charge $43,140
    Cash pay $32,355
  6. 6
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $31,544
  7. 7

    CommonSpirit Longmont United Hospital

    Longmont, CO

    Gross charge
  8. 8
    Gross charge
  9. 9

    UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital

    Fort Collins, CO

    Gross charge
  10. 10

    Denver Health & Hospital Authority

    Denver, CO

    Gross charge
  11. 11

    Mercy Regional Medical Center

    Durango, CO

    Gross charge
  12. 12

    CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lakewood, CO

    Gross charge
  13. 13

    UCHealth Parkview Medical Center

    Pueblo, CO

    Gross charge
  14. 14

    Uch-Memorial Health System

    Colorado Springs, CO

    Gross charge
  15. 15

    UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

    Aurora, CO

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    Boulder Community Health

    Boulder, CO

    Gross charge
  17. 17
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $31,544
  18. 18

    Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services

    Colorado Springs, CO

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center

    Steamboat Springs, CO

    Gross charge
  20. 20
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $31,544
  21. 21

    Centura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus

    Westminster, CO

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies

    Loveland, CO

    Gross charge
  23. 23
    Gross charge
  24. 24
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $31,544
  25. 25

    UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital

    Longmont, CO

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    UCHealth Broomfield Hospital

    Broomfield, CO

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    UCHealth Grandview Hospital

    Colorado Springs, CO

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    UCHealth Greeley Hospital

    Greeley, CO

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

    Highlands Ranch, CO

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    CommonSpirit St. Francis Hospital

    Colorado Springs, CO

    Gross charge
  31. 31
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $31,544
  32. 32
    Gross charge
  33. 33

    CommonSpirit St. Thomas More Hospital

    Canon City, CO

    Gross charge

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