Sepsis Cost in Tennessee — 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
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $5,751Cash pay $4,601 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $21,230Cash pay $13,014 - 3
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $23,912Cash pay $7,795 - 4
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $23,912Cash pay $7,795 - 5
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $23,912Cash pay $7,795 - 6Gross charge $23,912Cash pay $7,795
- 7
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $28,573Cash pay $8,572 - 8
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $31,988Cash pay $7,037 - 9Gross charge $35,631Cash pay $10,440
- 10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $39,496Cash pay $9,835 - 11
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $46,093Cash pay $9,034 - 12
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 13
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 20
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 39
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 872) anywhere from $5,751 to $46,093 — a $40,341 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Starr Regional Medical Center Athens in Athens. The state average sits at $27,674.
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 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.