US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$34,968typical hospital bill
$7,386typical amount paid
$6,257–$14,127range paid across 34 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,968 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
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin23$24,656$6,257
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett17$76,700$6,366
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga118$36,073$6,420
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville57$17,131$6,459
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City12$29,276$6,871
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma16$38,311$6,895
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge34$17,964$6,919
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville18$30,103$6,930
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville53$25,093$6,960
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville12$23,573$7,026
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia56$31,675$7,101
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville34$58,903$7,134
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell57$52,424$7,171
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin26$53,551$7,279
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville39$16,798$7,324
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland25$79,167$7,327
St Francis HospitalMemphis35$76,973$7,336
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson119$32,465$7,437
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville27$60,041$7,561
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis153$48,087$7,583
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol49$31,814$7,625
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville17$18,761$7,756
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville35$26,353$7,763
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport52$33,171$8,117
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville15$67,189$8,216
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro63$30,284$8,273
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga16$79,939$8,296
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville39$53,947$8,760
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City61$34,572$8,823
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville83$35,364$9,021
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis98$41,816$10,007
University Health System, IncKnoxville60$29,238$10,545
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga34$38,487$10,743
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville53$57,561$14,127

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.