US Health Care Costs

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 191: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with cc

$32,398typical hospital bill
$6,906typical amount paid
$6,252–$9,078range paid across 7 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,398 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia15$32,398$6,252
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin13$49,514$6,461
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis17$34,049$6,505
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol16$30,527$6,906
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis14$22,982$8,357
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville16$46,070$8,502
University Health System, IncKnoxville19$18,978$9,078

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.