US Health Care Costs

Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with Cc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 035: Carotid artery stent procedures with cc

$69,143typical hospital bill
$15,564typical amount paid
$14,661–$19,805range paid across 7 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,143 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
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga18$55,348$14,661
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell11$76,762$15,191
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville23$55,683$15,390
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville12$44,664$15,564
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis26$69,143$15,915
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson18$79,473$16,889
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis12$105,232$19,805

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.