Sepsis Cost in Michigan — 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
Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital
Marquette, MI
Gross charge $6,407Cash pay $3,844 - 2
Up Health System Portage
Hancock, MI
Gross charge $6,407Cash pay $3,844 - 3
Bell Hospital
Ishpeming, MI
Gross charge $6,407Cash pay $3,844 - 4
McLaren Bay Region
Bay City, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 5
Mclaren Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 6
Mclaren Northern Michigan (Acute Care)
Petoskey, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 7
Mclaren Flint
Flint, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 8
McLaren Greater Lansing
Lansing, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 9
McLaren Lapeer Region
Lapeer, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 10
McLaren Oakland
Pontiac, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 11
Mclaren Port Huron
Port Huron, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 12
Mclaren Macomb (Acute Care)
Mount Clemens, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 13
Karmanos Cancer Center
Detroit, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 14
McLaren Caro Region
Caro, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 15
McLaren Thumb Region
Bad Axe, MI
Gross charge $32,804Cash pay $16,402 - 16
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson
Carson City, MI
Gross charge $33,198Cash pay $8,299 - 17
Edward W Sparrow Hospital
Lansing, MI
Gross charge $33,198Cash pay $8,299 - 18
Sparrow Clinton Hospital
Saint Johns, MI
Gross charge $33,198Cash pay $8,299 - 19
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton
Charlotte, MI
Gross charge $33,198Cash pay $8,299 - 20
Sparrow Ionia Hospital
Ionia, MI
Gross charge $33,198Cash pay $8,299 - 21
University of Michigan Health-West
Wyoming, MI
Gross charge $78,096Cash pay $31,238 - 22
Ascension Providence Hospital - Southfield and Novi Campuses
Southfield, MI
Gross charge — - 23
MyMichigan Medical Center Alma
Alma, MI
Gross charge — - 24
Lake Huron Medical Center (Acute Care)
Port Huron, MI
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,248 - 25
MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena
Alpena, MI
Gross charge — - 26
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI
Gross charge — - 27
Covenant Medical Center
Saginaw, MI
Gross charge — - 28
Ascension St Mary's Hospital
Saginaw, MI
Gross charge — - 29
MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch
West Branch, MI
Gross charge — - 30
Tawas St Joseph Hospital
Tawas City, MI
Gross charge — - 31
Borgess Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kalamazoo, MI
Gross charge — - 32
Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
Royal Oak, MI
Gross charge — - 33
Henry Ford St. John Hospital
Detroit, MI
Gross charge — - 34
MyMichigan Medical Center Clare
Clare, MI
Gross charge — - 35
Henry Ford Hospital (Warren)
Warren, MI
Gross charge — - 36
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital
Grand Blanc, MI
Gross charge — - 37
MyMichigan Medical Center Midland
Midland, MI
Gross charge — - 38
Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital
Sault Ste Marie, MI
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension River District Hospital
East China, MI
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Rochester main entrance
Rochester, MI
Gross charge — - 41
Allergy Clinic | Brighton Center for Specialty Care
Brighton, MI
Gross charge — - 42
Saint Mary's Standish Community Hospital
Standish, MI
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Borgess - Lee Hospital
Dowagiac, MI
Gross charge — - 44
MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
Gladwin, MI
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital
Allegan, MI
Gross charge —
Michigan hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 872) anywhere from $6,407 to $78,096 — a $71,689 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital in Marquette; the most expensive is University of Michigan Health-West in Wyoming. The state average sits at $31,283.
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. Michigan 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.