US Health Care Costs

Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 981: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc

$162,825typical hospital bill
$34,561typical amount paid
$24,377–$50,264range paid across 17 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $162,825 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 CenterBartlett13$179,805$24,377
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia15$113,252$28,111
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga19$102,753$28,367
St Francis HospitalMemphis11$215,841$28,691
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville13$97,252$28,780
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville11$85,547$30,175
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson33$98,741$33,980
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville19$81,296$34,214
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro14$138,743$34,561
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis44$179,497$35,486
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville20$162,825$35,734
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga17$185,964$36,774
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol15$216,721$37,312
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City20$207,751$37,852
University Health System, IncKnoxville23$100,427$38,042
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis40$163,711$38,813
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville33$207,014$50,264

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.