Sepsis Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$43,272
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$10,945 – $59,538
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $10,945Cash pay $8,756 - 2
Henderson County Community Hospital
Lexington, TN
Gross charge $31,561Cash pay $18,937 - 3
Haywood County Community Hospital
Brownsville, TN
Gross charge $31,561Cash pay $18,937 - 4
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $32,918Cash pay $20,179 - 5
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $44,293Cash pay $14,439 - 6
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $44,293Cash pay $14,439 - 7
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $44,293Cash pay $14,439 - 8Gross charge $44,293Cash pay $14,439
- 9
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $53,405Cash pay $10,467 - 10
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $54,743Cash pay $12,044 - 11
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $54,816Cash pay $16,445 - 12Gross charge $55,883Cash pay $16,374
- 13
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $59,538Cash pay $14,825 - 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 22
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 43
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $10,945 to $59,538 — a $48,592 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg in Lawrenceburg. The state average sits at $43,272.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. 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. Tennessee 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.