SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC
Medicare inpatient claims for MS-DRG 871. National volume + top hospitals + geographic distribution. Sourced from CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider; refreshed annually.
What is MS-DRG 871?
MS-DRG 871 is the Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group for SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC. When a Medicare patient is discharged, the hospital stay is grouped into a single MS-DRG, and Medicare reimburses the hospital a fixed, predetermined amount for that group rather than itemizing each service.
Across the CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider dataset, 2,717 hospitals reported 1,138,914 discharges for MS-DRG 871. The average hospital submitted charge was $77K, while the average amount Medicare actually paid was $15K — a 5.1× gap between list price and reimbursement, which is typical for Medicare inpatient claims.