SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC
Medicare inpatient claims for MS-DRG 872. National volume + top hospitals + geographic distribution. Sourced from CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider; refreshed annually.
What is MS-DRG 872?
MS-DRG 872 is the Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group for SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT 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, 2,362 hospitals reported 208,377 discharges for MS-DRG 872. The average hospital submitted charge was $46K, while the average amount Medicare actually paid was $8K — a 6.1× gap between list price and reimbursement, which is typical for Medicare inpatient claims.