US Health Care Costs

Digestive Malignancy with Cc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 375: Digestive malignancy with cc

$46,286typical hospital bill
$11,102typical amount paid
$9,037–$15,291range paid across 6 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $46,286 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis12$46,268$9,037
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville17$73,722$9,605
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson15$37,995$10,631
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis21$49,281$11,572
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga16$32,038$12,467
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville25$46,303$15,291

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.