'average cost of hospital stay per day for sepsis'
On average, patients that are treated in the general ward setting; have an average total cost per patient of $13,900. Among sepsis patients treated in the ICU, average daily costs per patient are estimated at $29,900.1. 1 The incremental costs incurred by patients on their last full day of hospital stay were $420 per day on average, or just 2.4 percent of the $17,734 average total cost. 2  End-of-stay costs represented only a slightly higher percentage of total costs when the length of stay was as short as four days. 1 The incremental costs incurred by patients on their last full day of hospital stay were $420 per day on average, or just 2.4 percent of the $17,734 average total cost. They found: 1  The incremental costs incurred by patients on their last full day of hospital stay were $420 per day on average, or just 2.4 percent of the $17,734 average total cost. 2  End-of-stay costs represented only a slightly higher percentage of total costs when the length of stay was as short as four days. 60 percent of hospital stays in 2011. Forty-seven percent of aggregate costs were billed to Medicare, and. the mean cost for stays billed to Medicare ($11,900) was nearly $2,000 higher than the overall average. cost per stay. Cost per stay and cost per day for hospitalizations with a secondary diagnosis of septicemia also. increased between 2000 and 2009 (from $30,900 to $33,900; from $2,100 to $2,300), although the. average length of these stays remained relatively stable. They found: 1  The incremental costs incurred by patients on their last full day of hospital stay were $420 per day on average, or just 2.4 percent of the $17,734 average total cost. At $8,000, the mean cost per stay billed to Medicaid was $2,000 less than the average. cost for all stays. Private insurance was the expected primary payer for nearly one-third of aggregate hospital costs and. hospital stays in 2011. Stays billed to the uninsured and other payers each accounted for 4 percent of aggregate. hospital costs. The mean cost per stay for stays billed to the uninsured ($8,300) was lower than the. overall average cost, and the mean cost for stays billed to other payers ($10,700) was similar to that for. all stays. The mean cost per stay for infants ($4,500) was less than half of the average for all. stays. The mean cost per stay for children aged 1–17 years ($8,400) and adults aged 85 years and older. ($9,900) was similar to the overall average cost per stay.
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