US Health Care Costs

Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization with Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 235: Coronary bypass without cardiac catheterization with mcc

$198,151typical hospital bill
$43,614typical amount paid
$36,675–$67,519range paid across 13 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $198,151 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell19$198,151$36,675
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville27$127,362$37,669
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga11$229,001$39,433
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport12$177,066$41,312
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis57$183,186$41,318
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson11$176,232$42,866
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City11$219,290$43,614
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga11$163,634$44,408
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville124$222,057$45,446
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis11$151,349$48,665
St Francis HospitalMemphis14$529,424$48,714
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville42$577,107$51,493
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville35$348,354$67,519

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.