CMS Price Transparency Data

Sepsis treatment (inpatient stay)

Facility: Bluegrass Community Hospital

Billing Code: 871 (MS-DRG)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$16,851

about 1.2× the $14,117 Medicare rate · typically $9,703–$23,077

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $14,117 Fair price $16,851 Cash price $8,337 Hospital's list price $20,843

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$2,166 - $3,196	15%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,124 - $23,940	15%
Aetnamajor	$2,187	15%
Humanamajor	$2,145 - $2,210	15%
UniCare	$2,124	15%
WellCare	$2,124	15%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$2,124

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Military & VA.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 8,337), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the MS-DRG code on your bill matches exactly: 871.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Bluegrass Community Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for MS-DRG code 871.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Bluegrass Community Hospital

Compare: Sepsis treatment (inpatient stay) at other KY hospitals

Murray-Calloway County Hospital · Murray $13,022
Taylor Regional Hospital · Campbellsville $13,436
Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital · Bowling Green $13,533
Tj Health Columbia · Columbia $13,564
Georgetown Community Hospital · Georgetown $13,659
Bourbon Community Hospital · Paris $13,828
Saint Joseph London · London $14,008
Clark Regional Medical Center · Winchester $14,036

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.