US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$43,435typical hospital bill
$9,422typical amount paid
$7,876–$18,776range paid across 42 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,435 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
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville34$18,886$7,876
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett48$73,143$7,972
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin19$21,012$8,274
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga56$36,836$8,379
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City14$33,737$8,689
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City12$40,236$8,799
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell30$42,786$8,848
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown15$29,484$8,861
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia31$53,911$8,927
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville46$22,523$8,983
St Francis HospitalMemphis34$94,392$9,015
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge15$20,557$9,018
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma23$58,167$9,032
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville26$60,582$9,090
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland18$76,583$9,103
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville20$20,447$9,234
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville11$25,158$9,260
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson29$53,207$9,290
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin25$52,110$9,337
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg12$30,353$9,337
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon18$51,249$9,384
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville22$77,052$9,460
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville15$22,875$9,469
Roane Medical CenterHarriman12$13,478$9,536
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson87$42,915$9,709
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol30$53,840$9,711
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage28$72,628$9,791
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville18$93,874$9,808
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport36$40,209$9,978
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville31$95,398$10,129
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis140$53,724$10,147
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga45$74,328$10,264
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna41$53,383$10,480
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro52$32,363$10,602
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah14$25,729$11,434
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville53$41,259$11,526
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City32$43,955$11,749
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville22$62,228$11,878
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis127$40,786$12,302
University Health System, IncKnoxville67$34,415$13,108
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga43$51,121$14,623
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville103$72,779$18,776

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.