Heart attack, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 280: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc

$55,812typical hospital bill

$11,270typical amount paid

$9,637–$25,720range paid across 41 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,812 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center	Bartlett	58	$90,813	$9,637
Greeneville Community Hospital	Greeneville	19	$35,915	$9,788
Williamson Medical Center	Franklin	45	$30,560	$9,817
Maury Regional Hospital	Columbia	15	$47,880	$9,841
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc	Chattanooga	125	$49,660	$10,389
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital	Clarksville	24	$86,598	$10,497
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association	Morristown	38	$27,451	$10,749
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center	Hendersonville	30	$112,676	$10,826
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thoma	Gallatin	32	$87,510	$10,841
Physicians Regional Medical Center	Powell	76	$69,960	$10,843
Tristar Horizon Medical Center	Dickson	40	$82,309	$10,919
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge	44	$24,724	$10,961
Tristar Skyline Medical Center	Nashville	26	$113,352	$11,033
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital	Tullahoma	41	$65,230	$11,061
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchest	Winchester	17	$63,109	$11,115
Parkwest Medical Center	Knoxville	57	$25,638	$11,116
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center	Dyersburg	33	$45,505	$11,144
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center	Knoxville	13	$30,822	$11,146
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health	Cleveland	79	$83,540	$11,175
Cookeville Regional Medical Center	Cookeville	96	$29,749	$11,197
Cumberland Medical Center	Crossville	37	$25,028	$11,270
Tristar Summit Medical Center	Hermitage	23	$91,647	$11,311
Parkridge Medical Center	Chattanooga	40	$115,574	$11,471
Blount Memorial Hospital	Maryville	54	$39,126	$11,547
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital	Lebanon	58	$55,812	$11,613
St Francis Hospital	Memphis	47	$116,840	$11,755
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital	Jackson	323	$42,009	$12,025
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center	Bristol	57	$50,730	$12,063
Tristar Centennial Medical Center	Nashville	66	$145,116	$12,074
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center	Kingsport	42	$51,240	$12,165
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital	Murfreesboro	63	$43,865	$12,665
Johnson City Medical Center	Johnson City	47	$57,310	$13,073
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital	Shelbyville	13	$51,978	$13,351
Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center	Smyrna	13	$81,252	$13,804
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital	Nashville	98	$63,070	$13,851
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center	Nashville	15	$57,975	$13,907
Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	53	$82,215	$13,962
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis	Memphis	155	$53,387	$14,666
Erlanger Medical Center	Chattanooga	48	$47,036	$15,307
University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	46	$36,436	$15,878
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville	114	$112,739	$25,720

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.