US Health Care Costs

Heart stent in Tennessee

MS-DRG 322: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device without mcc

$105,902typical hospital bill
$13,698typical amount paid
$11,922–$20,232range paid across 32 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $105,902 for this stay in 2024, about 7.7 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
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown17$38,315$11,922
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin23$69,120$12,419
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville58$45,593$12,447
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell70$150,791$12,542
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville31$161,747$12,544
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville27$73,106$12,871
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge30$40,563$12,948
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville19$46,271$13,017
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville14$208,856$13,031
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga43$95,453$13,043
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson15$148,871$13,059
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia39$68,534$13,197
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis64$126,022$13,419
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol31$93,807$13,501
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon13$128,943$13,543
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland21$185,511$13,558
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville25$41,375$13,838
St Francis HospitalMemphis11$200,023$13,888
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville102$112,601$14,271
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett22$133,182$14,298
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson97$80,460$14,428
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville24$63,930$14,630
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City67$99,204$14,632
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro43$117,665$15,194
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport31$95,210$15,342
University Health System, IncKnoxville51$68,883$15,536
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis47$112,763$15,571
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga17$87,578$16,688
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville36$217,092$16,737
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga23$197,497$18,583
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin12$131,027$19,797
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville58$114,683$20,232

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.