US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$34,427typical hospital bill
$7,076typical amount paid
$6,056–$13,178range paid across 26 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,427 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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 Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett14$50,696$6,056
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville18$17,137$6,179
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga24$29,422$6,320
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville17$40,865$6,418
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville18$17,720$6,494
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville13$12,184$6,541
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia12$28,692$6,549
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson12$63,271$6,658
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin14$47,573$6,697
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell12$33,490$6,755
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage18$54,894$6,915
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson24$30,086$6,916
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon22$42,394$7,041
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport20$34,764$7,111
St Francis HospitalMemphis12$84,559$7,133
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis33$34,982$7,205
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville13$43,602$7,287
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol26$28,769$7,601
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga18$51,846$7,791
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City23$34,090$8,101
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville33$24,890$8,279
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro12$42,036$8,506
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis42$24,648$8,844
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga21$30,808$9,528
University Health System, IncKnoxville26$23,885$9,889
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville31$46,049$13,178

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.