US Health Care Costs

Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 481: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc

$83,230typical hospital bill
$14,771typical amount paid
$11,033–$29,523range paid across 41 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $83,230 for this stay in 2024, about 5.6 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 CenterBartlett43$120,880$11,033
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City13$71,111$13,008
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville38$38,291$13,386
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville16$76,643$13,389
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga89$58,674$13,410
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin39$53,902$13,416
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell47$83,230$13,418
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin16$93,602$13,671
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge15$35,640$13,687
St Francis HospitalMemphis17$133,978$13,733
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville15$48,341$13,765
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville41$127,772$13,771
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland19$197,903$13,810
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia40$61,979$13,993
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma15$95,602$14,108
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville50$49,534$14,164
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage16$127,817$14,228
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville32$58,769$14,331
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg20$57,224$14,520
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon19$113,245$14,579
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga19$105,357$14,771
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville14$36,759$14,791
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport47$86,895$14,971
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis14$38,061$15,269
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis81$80,233$15,402
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol39$89,880$15,478
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson131$58,950$15,602
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro56$76,122$15,795
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City59$106,759$15,977
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville37$81,212$16,368
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville19$150,960$16,622
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson18$123,561$16,674
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens13$141,784$16,901
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis90$76,229$17,566
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville11$115,549$17,609
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville53$249,450$18,033
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga65$69,890$18,954
University Health System, IncKnoxville90$55,617$19,003
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville20$145,158$19,352
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville56$157,819$24,624
Regional One HealthMemphis28$103,627$29,523

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.