US Health Care Costs

Extracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 039: Extracranial procedures without cc/mcc

$49,347typical hospital bill
$9,628typical amount paid
$7,296–$13,855range paid across 9 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,347 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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, IncChattanooga21$40,130$7,296
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis14$73,300$7,798
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport26$59,236$8,866
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City35$49,347$9,256
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson15$47,175$9,628
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville23$39,890$10,000
University Health System, IncKnoxville13$28,637$10,513
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga33$55,304$11,203
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville15$79,062$13,855

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.