US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders in Tennessee

MS-DRG 392: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

$29,907typical hospital bill
$6,195typical amount paid
$4,999–$12,496range paid across 45 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,907 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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 CenterBartlett18$67,537$4,999
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City12$32,670$5,051
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga85$25,820$5,172
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin36$19,105$5,193
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville30$13,704$5,231
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville25$20,770$5,424
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown15$16,066$5,544
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton11$23,250$5,579
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville23$13,876$5,614
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City16$24,358$5,654
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma21$37,528$5,694
Roane Medical CenterHarriman16$10,703$5,768
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville24$27,118$5,796
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville26$52,971$5,855
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell57$41,419$5,861
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City12$14,967$5,960
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson56$25,225$5,997
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia54$28,765$6,039
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland31$55,669$6,046
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville31$18,805$6,048
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville32$71,387$6,054
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin33$38,528$6,170
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis162$37,077$6,195
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville24$22,833$6,259
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon12$30,864$6,274
St Francis HospitalMemphis16$56,190$6,307
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson21$52,215$6,349
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol35$29,211$6,375
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga47$49,495$6,418
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville13$12,005$6,526
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge22$14,616$6,581
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna13$44,290$6,872
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro73$25,895$6,921
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfield11$32,840$6,925
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City45$31,130$7,000
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville15$64,711$7,176
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville61$63,272$7,182
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport25$29,949$7,328
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville111$23,142$7,342
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage63$61,014$7,393
Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwater13$29,345$7,395
University Health System, IncKnoxville74$18,135$8,249
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis109$29,907$8,286
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga42$38,633$10,628
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville93$47,567$12,496

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.