US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Tennessee

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$83,137typical hospital bill
$14,870typical amount paid
$13,019–$29,850range paid across 39 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $83,137 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
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville42$45,957$13,019
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin40$72,505$13,503
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga64$63,704$13,572
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown16$48,731$13,623
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville12$99,954$13,747
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell41$83,137$13,779
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville12$45,347$13,805
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett20$135,379$13,809
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge14$43,913$13,888
St Francis HospitalMemphis13$157,477$13,961
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin11$130,773$14,191
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage19$147,029$14,294
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma13$107,027$14,366
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville23$127,534$14,391
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville27$52,322$14,403
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland21$187,526$14,490
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia45$76,582$14,720
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville22$58,267$14,824
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville13$144,034$14,829
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson18$120,361$14,870
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon14$114,241$14,879
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville11$36,010$15,011
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga21$120,016$15,159
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis82$73,163$15,281
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville23$136,704$15,486
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville15$37,760$15,526
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol21$90,599$15,559
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis14$43,355$15,568
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville13$253,641$15,621
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson79$71,393$15,697
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City41$96,399$16,069
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport29$85,121$16,187
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville25$77,593$16,784
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro47$78,632$16,875
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis53$82,704$17,718
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga43$63,840$18,807
University Health System, IncKnoxville44$53,210$19,395
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville26$155,836$25,799
Regional One HealthMemphis12$92,630$29,850

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.