US Health Care Costs

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Cc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 439: Disorders of pancreas except malignancy with cc

$30,798typical hospital bill
$6,930typical amount paid
$6,067–$13,041range paid across 13 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,798 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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, IncChattanooga18$27,979$6,067
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville13$14,193$6,639
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis11$35,722$6,692
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson19$31,192$6,753
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville16$71,412$6,755
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville12$23,592$6,926
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol12$22,951$6,930
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport13$29,781$7,252
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro11$24,124$7,486
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville17$31,408$8,347
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City11$36,372$8,673
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis18$30,798$8,809
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville20$53,874$13,041

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.