Sepsis Cost in Pennsylvania — 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
St. Clair Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Gross charge $20,623Cash pay $7,450 - 2
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
Roaring Spring, PA
Gross charge $22,608Cash pay $9,043 - 3
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus
Johnstown, PA
Gross charge $22,608Cash pay $9,043 - 4
Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center
Meyersdale, PA
Gross charge $22,608Cash pay $9,043 - 5
Conemaugh Miners Medical Center
Hastings, PA
Gross charge $22,608Cash pay $9,043 - 6
Fulton County Medical Center
Mcconnellsburg, PA
Gross charge $22,832Cash pay $15,983 - 7
Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Honesdale, PA
Gross charge $30,578Cash pay $24,463 - 8
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)
Darby, PA
Gross charge $32,086Cash pay $20,856 - 9
Nazareth Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $32,086Cash pay $20,856 - 10
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
Gross charge $32,086Cash pay $20,856 - 11
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Scranton, PA
Gross charge $63,446Cash pay $39,337 - 12
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Bloomsburg, PA
Gross charge $63,446Cash pay $39,337 - 13
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Gross charge $63,446Cash pay $39,337 - 14
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown, PA
Gross charge $63,446Cash pay $39,337 - 15
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes Barre, PA
Gross charge $63,446Cash pay $39,337 - 16
Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
Muncy, PA
Gross charge $63,446Cash pay $39,337 - 17
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore, PA
Gross charge $63,446Cash pay $39,337 - 18
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $124,358Cash pay $11,758 - 19
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge $124,402Cash pay $11,758 - 20
St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown, PA
Gross charge — - 21
Wellspan York Hospital
York, PA
Gross charge — - 22
St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA
Gross charge — - 23
St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville
Sellersville, PA
Gross charge — - 24
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Gettysburg, PA
Gross charge — - 25
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon, PA
Gross charge — - 26
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
Meadowbrook, PA
Gross charge — - 27
Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)
Meadville, PA
Gross charge — - 28
Jefferson Health- Northeast
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge — - 29
Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro, PA
Gross charge — - 30
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,201 - 31
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
Chambersburg, PA
Gross charge — - 32
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 33
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
Gross charge — - 34
St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus
Coaldale, PA
Gross charge — - 35
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata, PA
Gross charge — - 36
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,078 - 37
St. Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus
Easton, PA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton, PA
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,201 - 40
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 41
Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital
Orwigsburg, PA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton, PA
Gross charge — - 43
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville, PA
Gross charge —
19 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for sepsis (DRG 872). Prices range from $20,623 to $124,402 — roughly 6×. The cheapest is St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh; the most expensive is Temple University Hospital - Main Campus in Philadelphia. The state average sits at $50,190.
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. Pennsylvania 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.