US Health Care Costs

Complications of Treatment with Cc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 920: Complications of treatment with cc

$34,088typical hospital bill
$10,359typical amount paid
$6,654–$14,658range paid across 9 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,088 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga19$31,847$6,654
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson11$31,958$7,684
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis17$35,721$7,765
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville21$34,088$9,373
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis14$41,385$10,359
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville18$97,669$10,387
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga11$27,985$10,611
University Health System, IncKnoxville16$26,036$11,606
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville46$47,510$14,658

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.