US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$30,595typical hospital bill
$7,801typical amount paid
$6,607–$12,987range paid across 21 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,595 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga45$26,398$6,607
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville15$14,601$6,664
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell11$47,558$6,795
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia18$28,073$6,915
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville14$18,480$6,927
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson23$24,594$6,963
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis46$35,813$7,281
St Francis HospitalMemphis18$78,550$7,365
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga24$62,348$7,426
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville14$20,354$7,514
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville25$53,745$7,801
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol13$23,295$7,814
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro26$25,513$7,896
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport20$45,343$8,108
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City19$39,950$8,415
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville27$29,402$8,647
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage11$69,321$8,719
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis35$35,143$9,400
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga20$30,595$9,925
University Health System, IncKnoxville22$24,448$10,376
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville61$44,134$12,987

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.