US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Tennessee

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$37,957typical hospital bill
$5,985typical amount paid
$4,829–$10,862range paid across 19 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,957 for this stay in 2024, about 6.3 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
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville12$11,735$4,829
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett14$70,049$5,395
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell15$40,386$5,417
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis80$34,935$5,522
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin23$37,957$5,536
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville16$40,665$5,579
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville16$69,123$5,703
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol29$21,040$5,770
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro16$23,705$5,837
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga13$75,595$5,985
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage21$66,362$6,118
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City14$23,824$6,400
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport13$24,925$6,425
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville16$23,292$6,534
St Francis HospitalMemphis14$59,142$6,605
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville17$58,459$6,920
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis34$31,830$7,370
University Health System, IncKnoxville30$17,006$7,439
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville16$48,734$10,862

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.