US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 390: Gastrointestinal obstruction without cc/mcc

$21,460typical hospital bill
$5,505typical amount paid
$3,571–$8,858range paid across 10 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $21,460 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
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin16$13,070$3,571
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia17$25,096$4,646
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson13$18,894$4,689
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis24$27,835$4,917
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga18$17,076$5,178
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville17$15,820$5,833
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville11$49,311$6,360
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis12$24,027$6,456
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga14$17,801$7,351
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville15$29,606$8,858

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.