US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in Tennessee

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$29,371typical hospital bill
$6,256typical amount paid
$5,148–$12,103range paid across 49 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,371 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin30$18,278$5,148
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville25$12,942$5,215
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett35$50,685$5,242
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville23$14,994$5,342
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga36$29,371$5,424
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton12$18,342$5,478
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown13$15,162$5,545
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville16$12,405$5,560
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge16$15,451$5,644
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville25$27,656$5,646
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma28$29,738$5,651
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City24$22,615$5,724
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville41$41,409$5,825
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell27$40,694$5,838
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin32$40,251$5,856
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia30$32,331$5,869
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland17$40,658$5,965
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville25$13,774$5,981
Roane Medical CenterHarriman12$13,410$5,996
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis91$33,812$6,117
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville11$66,040$6,132
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountyHuntingdon13$17,122$6,144
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville23$19,667$6,172
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis14$17,544$6,203
St Francis HospitalMemphis17$58,207$6,256
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson31$29,110$6,263
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon24$29,717$6,291
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston12$33,628$6,305
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester14$31,102$6,308
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol46$23,329$6,436
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville23$54,603$6,442
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg13$47,570$6,536
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport31$24,916$6,662
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage26$60,208$6,721
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfield15$40,270$6,731
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro57$23,052$6,736
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City40$29,427$6,941
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens13$55,905$7,170
Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwater25$21,595$7,174
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiPulaski11$29,303$7,196
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah18$18,617$7,362
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville48$34,286$7,449
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville16$56,695$7,559
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington14$21,412$7,981
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis76$27,194$8,003
University Health System, IncKnoxville49$22,754$9,143
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga29$31,502$9,242
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga18$38,259$9,312
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville78$42,554$12,103

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.