US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 811: Red blood cell disorders with mcc

$58,072typical hospital bill
$10,899typical amount paid
$9,153–$32,963range paid across 20 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $58,072 for this stay in 2024, about 5.3 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 CenterFranklin11$25,721$9,153
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett12$93,319$9,218
St Francis HospitalMemphis18$86,997$9,240
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson21$32,359$9,426
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville17$30,725$9,536
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma17$58,484$9,696
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville14$78,274$9,886
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro18$38,417$10,656
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga53$57,246$10,670
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville34$72,044$10,806
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville23$80,293$10,992
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville16$104,184$11,604
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City16$54,171$11,639
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga51$96,726$11,696
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville15$34,351$11,820
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis65$57,659$12,874
University Health System, IncKnoxville19$25,856$13,487
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga13$51,892$14,478
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville59$111,760$25,688
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis48$128,804$32,963

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.