US Health Care Costs

Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 660: Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm with cc

$40,815typical hospital bill
$10,539typical amount paid
$8,577–$16,759range paid across 16 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,815 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga34$38,097$8,577
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin12$34,951$8,593
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville16$21,134$8,857
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell16$37,882$9,311
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia14$63,080$9,467
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville18$21,259$9,787
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson20$48,053$9,995
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville15$27,141$9,999
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville17$43,050$11,079
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol16$46,488$11,148
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro15$38,593$11,333
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City29$43,038$11,730
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis12$64,641$12,409
University Health System, IncKnoxville20$33,594$13,142
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga18$56,203$13,825
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville32$79,783$16,759

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.