US Health Care Costs

Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$172,654typical hospital bill
$34,698typical amount paid
$30,872–$48,368range paid across 15 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $172,654 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro13$172,654$30,872
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville14$70,376$31,432
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga17$145,967$32,316
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis50$151,679$32,478
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson13$126,570$32,664
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville46$148,218$32,838
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis41$179,530$34,423
St Francis HospitalMemphis12$301,734$34,698
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage11$239,937$34,880
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville22$285,747$35,153
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga45$127,609$36,723
University Health System, IncKnoxville75$117,022$38,338
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City15$220,125$39,515
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville18$436,228$47,740
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville108$223,925$48,368

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.