US Health Care Costs

Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization Without Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 236: Coronary bypass without cardiac catheterization without mcc

$155,620typical hospital bill
$30,650typical amount paid
$26,369–$43,020range paid across 16 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $155,620 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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, IncChattanooga54$156,792$26,369
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville12$114,388$26,603
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell15$163,281$27,056
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville18$112,480$27,083
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville26$121,671$27,478
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson43$148,029$29,690
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro18$245,598$30,259
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville98$173,569$30,620
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis20$170,602$30,680
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga13$131,660$32,802
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis25$148,995$33,390
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport18$154,449$33,767
University Health System, IncKnoxville26$100,480$34,413
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City33$199,481$35,790
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville79$409,884$35,811
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville37$225,167$43,020

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.