US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders in Tennessee

MS-DRG 812: Red blood cell disorders without mcc

$30,740typical hospital bill
$7,052typical amount paid
$5,783–$20,485range paid across 21 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,740 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 staysBilledPaid
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin14$18,504$5,783
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville17$21,599$6,269
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga39$35,358$6,318
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma12$28,482$6,525
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson27$29,839$6,557
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville20$49,053$6,604
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin12$36,012$6,620
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville17$15,831$6,669
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland11$59,868$6,734
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville23$21,005$7,039
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis63$44,242$7,052
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol16$26,811$7,157
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro31$21,158$7,370
St Francis HospitalMemphis12$64,936$7,408
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville21$97,888$7,845
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City24$30,740$7,929
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville29$38,687$8,086
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis50$33,784$8,913
University Health System, IncKnoxville23$24,357$10,047
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville55$54,947$14,424
Regional One HealthMemphis14$30,571$20,485

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.