US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 391: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc

$39,137typical hospital bill
$10,236typical amount paid
$8,172–$18,177range paid across 23 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $39,137 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville20$18,837$8,172
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga52$35,546$8,522
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge12$22,406$8,864
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell19$68,448$8,895
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin12$64,313$9,052
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville12$21,539$9,133
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage12$85,010$9,160
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville12$31,874$9,315
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia23$38,470$9,355
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville12$32,895$9,437
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis77$63,219$10,023
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson37$37,246$10,236
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville11$79,773$10,550
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro29$33,782$10,690
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol11$43,581$10,848
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City18$48,256$10,943
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville47$33,086$11,287
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville18$85,422$11,839
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis42$50,899$12,083
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga18$39,137$13,761
University Health System, IncKnoxville35$35,757$14,017
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga13$90,569$15,072
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville55$70,049$18,177

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.