US Health Care Costs

Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center

391 Wallace Rd, Nashville, TN 37211 · (615) 781-4000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$29.0Mnet income, all sources
17.0%margin on patient care alone
$20.4Mcost of charity care (17.2% of costs)
$16.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
112beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

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

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871134$85,208$16,527
Heart failure, with major complications 29135$66,967$12,500
Pneumonia, with major complications 19326$59,344$11,682
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85324$212,746$36,035
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64022$62,228$11,878
Respiratory failure 18920$51,871$12,342
Kidney failure, with major complications 68217$56,677$14,136
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$51,554$14,152
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$47,680$9,808
Sepsis 87216$54,165$11,544
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$57,975$13,907
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45414$434,996$48,597
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20813$130,125$18,676
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$115,549$17,609
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