US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Tennessee

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$57,724typical hospital bill
$8,626typical amount paid
$6,995–$14,306range paid across 25 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,724 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett12$83,733$6,995
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville48$22,827$7,113
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga36$52,294$7,500
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville14$68,809$7,523
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma17$60,994$7,610
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin11$23,835$7,681
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia41$37,042$7,789
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage11$111,383$8,004
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon19$57,724$8,231
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson20$51,644$8,418
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell25$62,832$8,518
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis76$59,144$8,601
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol34$48,458$8,626
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport33$37,974$8,671
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville25$90,657$9,015
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville44$124,605$9,420
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville63$56,619$9,649
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City34$42,976$9,686
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga15$114,192$9,729
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro44$49,641$9,815
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis37$65,075$10,447
University Health System, IncKnoxville45$30,357$10,614
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin13$61,707$10,621
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga25$39,381$11,157
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville67$69,333$14,306

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.