Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$165,903typical hospital bill

$34,009typical amount paid

$26,589–$65,294range paid across 38 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $165,903 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Franklin Woods Community Hospital	Johnson City	19	$99,214	$26,589
Williamson Medical Center	Franklin	17	$85,995	$28,191
Physicians Regional Medical Center	Powell	54	$163,620	$28,775
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc	Chattanooga	117	$101,027	$29,744
Parkwest Medical Center	Knoxville	58	$66,780	$30,347
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical Center	Bartlett	47	$284,020	$30,906
Maury Regional Hospital	Columbia	43	$138,781	$30,943
Greeneville Community Hospital	Greeneville	16	$130,986	$31,034
Leconte Medical Center	Sevierville	15	$42,998	$31,596
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center	Hendersonville	25	$250,329	$31,633
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital	Lebanon	16	$152,901	$31,707
Tristar Horizon Medical Center	Dickson	17	$260,455	$32,018
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital	Clarksville	33	$263,441	$32,572
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health	Cleveland	26	$229,645	$33,123
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital	Tullahoma	15	$148,053	$33,141
Tristar Summit Medical Center	Hermitage	45	$289,434	$33,363
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge	37	$77,710	$33,539
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thoma	Gallatin	23	$192,525	$33,872
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center	Kingsport	26	$152,445	$33,926
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center	Knoxville	42	$95,258	$34,092
Blount Memorial Hospital	Maryville	28	$121,879	$35,213
Parkridge Medical Center	Chattanooga	43	$239,925	$35,368
Cookeville Regional Medical Center	Cookeville	58	$88,813	$35,588
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center	Bristol	28	$131,068	$35,886
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center	Nashville	24	$212,746	$36,035
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital	Murfreesboro	69	$156,328	$36,617
Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	131	$196,221	$36,928
St Francis Hospital	Memphis	31	$482,525	$37,993
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital	Jackson	103	$137,955	$38,606
Tristar Skyline Medical Center	Nashville	33	$414,019	$39,738
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis	Memphis	156	$168,897	$40,772
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital	Nashville	64	$174,447	$41,202
University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	100	$117,489	$41,324
Erlanger Medical Center	Chattanooga	69	$168,185	$43,710
Johnson City Medical Center	Johnson City	40	$211,740	$45,746
Tristar Centennial Medical Center	Nashville	55	$385,960	$49,642
Regional One Health	Memphis	13	$190,099	$56,072
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville	111	$301,655	$65,294

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.