US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 309: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with cc

$27,512typical hospital bill
$6,057typical amount paid
$4,759–$10,714range paid across 38 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,512 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin24$18,947$4,759
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett18$57,757$4,890
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga74$26,391$5,113
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville24$16,258$5,139
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville41$15,308$5,150
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville61$11,866$5,202
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown18$13,408$5,330
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge23$10,783$5,391
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma25$35,785$5,441
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville28$12,022$5,538
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin23$39,324$5,589
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville32$43,530$5,592
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland20$53,632$5,663
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia35$25,383$5,685
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell44$29,368$5,692
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson59$27,357$5,789
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville18$49,738$5,904
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon19$28,205$6,027
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis114$38,878$6,034
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester13$32,782$6,081
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol48$22,804$6,088
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville13$33,642$6,090
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City11$21,934$6,091
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville24$17,774$6,219
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport45$21,901$6,327
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga27$45,701$6,623
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage30$45,453$6,640
St Francis HospitalMemphis11$49,960$6,653
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro65$24,095$6,678
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville94$20,493$6,760
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson12$45,254$6,793
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City65$25,830$6,918
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville15$61,619$6,980
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville39$59,208$7,497
University Health System, IncKnoxville57$13,018$7,748
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis94$27,667$7,837
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga43$22,901$8,615
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville91$34,386$10,714

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.