Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) in Tennessee

MS-DRG 563: Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc

$31,309typical hospital bill

$6,996typical amount paid

$5,282–$13,727range paid across 17 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,309 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Williamson Medical Center	Franklin	11	$20,550	$5,282
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center	Bristol	11	$27,665	$6,344
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital	Tullahoma	16	$45,636	$6,404
Physicians Regional Medical Center	Powell	18	$36,823	$6,514
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center	Kingsport	11	$28,732	$6,601
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thoma	Gallatin	16	$36,290	$6,612
Tristar Summit Medical Center	Hermitage	15	$61,526	$6,686
Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	43	$37,696	$6,885
Tristar Horizon Medical Center	Dickson	14	$64,144	$6,996
Maury Regional Hospital	Columbia	14	$27,603	$7,017
Johnson City Medical Center	Johnson City	14	$29,676	$7,260
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital	Murfreesboro	22	$22,508	$7,707
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital	Nashville	18	$21,145	$8,280
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis	Memphis	24	$33,627	$9,035
Erlanger Medical Center	Chattanooga	14	$31,309	$9,569
University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	23	$25,139	$10,375
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville	21	$63,684	$13,727

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.