US Health Care Costs

Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents in Tennessee

MS-DRG 321: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device with mcc or 4+ arteries/

$140,534typical hospital bill
$21,147typical amount paid
$16,623–$33,913range paid across 23 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $140,534 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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 CenterBartlett19$215,144$16,623
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell29$185,892$19,033
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown11$51,380$19,150
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville28$58,824$19,182
St Francis HospitalMemphis15$231,609$19,408
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland12$205,228$19,451
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga46$106,961$19,707
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville19$240,661$19,815
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville12$56,488$20,384
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia21$92,844$20,755
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport11$116,765$20,988
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis33$165,911$21,147
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro18$135,267$22,055
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson49$101,368$22,788
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville87$157,443$23,057
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville33$279,036$23,201
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City35$140,534$23,576
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville25$99,647$23,660
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol13$140,006$23,701
University Health System, IncKnoxville17$87,144$25,202
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis44$151,936$26,156
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga14$271,514$27,249
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville65$177,506$33,913

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.