CMS Price Transparency Data

Sepsis treatment (inpatient stay)

Facility: Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc

Billing Code: 871 (MS-DRG)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$18,440

about 1.3× the $14,117 Medicare rate · typically $11,876–$27,616

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $14,117 Fair price $18,440 Cash price $3,631 Hospital's list price $6,484

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	$10,261 - $28,554	73%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$13,143 - $25,721	93%
Aetnamajor	$13,925	99%
Humanamajor	$10,273	73%
HealthPartners	$13,949	99%
Security Health Plan	$6,160	44%

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

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 3,631), 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 Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc 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

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Other Procedures at Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc

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

Thedacare Medical Center - New London · New London $7,995
Vernon Memorial Hospital · Viroqua $9,838
Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County · Darlington $11,896
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin · Glendale $13,315
Sauk Prairie Hospital · Prairie Du Sac $13,730
Oakleaf Surgical Hospital · Altoona $13,756
The Monroe Clinic · Monroe $13,815
Mile Bluff Medical Center · Mauston $13,970

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