US Health Care Costs

Interstitial Lung Disease with Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 196: Interstitial lung disease with mcc

$62,535typical hospital bill
$15,097typical amount paid
$12,568–$28,426range paid across 6 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $62,535 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville15$48,240$12,568
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Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis15$78,419$13,324
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Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga20$46,954$14,920
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Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville12$51,276$15,275
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Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis15$73,793$17,496
$11,620$25,695$5,705–$31,090 · 21 plans
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville24$115,400$28,426
–$37,766$27,089–$44,847 · 26 plans

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.