US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$67,144typical hospital bill
$12,466typical amount paid
$10,618–$26,482range paid across 29 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $67,144 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson11$67,144$10,618
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett22$95,693$11,122
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell42$74,383$11,698
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge29$26,898$11,714
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia34$46,029$11,750
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville20$42,630$11,856
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga73$63,880$11,901
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville49$26,089$11,950
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin19$84,550$12,087
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland21$132,982$12,094
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville14$94,289$12,181
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville35$75,381$12,184
St Francis HospitalMemphis33$120,283$12,384
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville26$35,759$12,414
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville35$36,780$12,466
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga35$109,156$13,103
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson93$48,956$13,156
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol34$53,366$13,323
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis103$75,253$13,688
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport26$52,600$13,965
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville46$100,731$14,054
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro46$53,119$14,211
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City36$53,945$14,328
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis112$62,324$15,680
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville54$76,670$16,163
University Health System, IncKnoxville43$47,141$16,838
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville25$119,820$17,355
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga28$94,044$18,483
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville65$115,053$26,482

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.