US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$41,511typical hospital bill
$9,623typical amount paid
$7,617–$20,090range paid across 62 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,511 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City23$44,845$7,617
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin141$26,552$8,046
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton22$28,637$8,242
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville177$19,696$8,304
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga301$35,064$8,318
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City41$32,856$8,459
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville61$39,631$8,619
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown56$22,508$8,629
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett87$74,907$8,676
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City35$34,893$8,750
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia244$38,257$8,842
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell151$58,575$8,880
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon87$46,343$8,885
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma98$52,178$8,890
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville106$64,641$8,965
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville224$23,710$9,017
Roane Medical CenterHarriman34$17,905$9,138
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville78$21,496$9,174
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland93$67,894$9,191
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville87$20,370$9,226
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City33$17,515$9,278
Claiborne Medical CenterTazewell16$16,483$9,329
St Francis HospitalMemphis85$92,416$9,354
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville88$83,731$9,376
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson100$43,578$9,393
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg56$40,049$9,397
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville49$25,339$9,426
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville92$31,574$9,455
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage104$83,671$9,486
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge110$22,007$9,500
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis30$28,549$9,613
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson295$40,992$9,634
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol141$41,476$9,700
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin88$73,602$9,704
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountyHuntingdon28$24,644$9,728
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg28$61,777$9,916
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis549$55,881$9,923
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston24$59,277$9,943
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville141$84,171$10,079
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna44$75,160$10,084
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical CenterNewport16$68,226$10,314
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro243$33,309$10,401
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga137$84,385$10,520
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport114$48,972$10,539
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens14$51,418$10,556
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfield36$48,703$10,556
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester26$50,173$10,688
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville37$34,383$10,809
Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwater27$21,939$10,922
Lincoln Medical CenterFayetteville19$25,226$11,284
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City104$53,043$11,310
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville375$40,929$11,380
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiPulaski17$65,321$11,522
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville65$75,417$11,535
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington48$28,777$11,617
Vanderbilt Bedford HospitalShelbyville41$46,144$11,907
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis459$44,428$12,173
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville35$66,967$12,500
Dekalb Community HospitalSmithville13$18,501$12,607
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga133$41,545$13,267
University Health System, IncKnoxville235$30,030$13,430
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville182$75,047$20,090

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.