US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$37,870typical hospital bill
$8,187typical amount paid
$6,467–$15,389range paid across 41 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,870 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City11$45,588$6,467
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin16$28,063$6,968
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville23$24,631$7,366
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown29$21,697$7,483
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton19$43,534$7,496
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma28$47,012$7,674
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville20$31,548$7,683
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City16$38,845$7,694
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville11$21,916$7,800
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell30$48,250$7,833
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville55$57,352$7,871
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport27$39,025$7,906
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga12$41,052$7,950
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville25$28,469$7,961
Roane Medical CenterHarriman15$14,669$7,990
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City11$21,910$8,000
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg19$37,681$8,050
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge29$27,604$8,123
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville25$24,626$8,124
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia38$42,720$8,124
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland28$69,718$8,187
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon26$41,319$8,228
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville29$27,134$8,241
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson66$37,870$8,256
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin44$78,101$8,544
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis43$44,418$8,546
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg14$73,594$8,606
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester12$54,585$8,616
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro38$27,694$9,180
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville16$16,650$9,188
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville11$30,046$9,340
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol24$34,252$9,347
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville36$39,148$9,506
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens11$75,232$9,511
Vanderbilt Bedford HospitalShelbyville13$34,387$9,832
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City31$42,644$9,878
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis12$33,089$10,209
Unity Medical CenterManchester18$13,381$10,393
University Health System, IncKnoxville53$28,882$11,781
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga18$52,553$13,849
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville34$54,461$15,389

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.