US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$29,052typical hospital bill
$7,069typical amount paid
$5,570–$13,949range paid across 48 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,052 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City14$37,081$5,570
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin42$17,907$5,815
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville67$16,928$6,006
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville51$17,913$6,196
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville21$26,007$6,262
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown20$19,216$6,277
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga92$23,946$6,330
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge44$14,196$6,356
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma26$32,496$6,377
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville37$13,353$6,470
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City20$21,725$6,481
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia58$28,063$6,546
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin14$38,981$6,608
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City11$12,742$6,620
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville35$16,184$6,638
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett31$56,874$6,646
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell47$34,888$6,656
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville51$42,657$6,685
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg13$28,561$6,758
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson121$29,207$6,761
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland20$59,532$6,859
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville35$24,141$6,926
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis13$23,026$6,977
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville26$61,743$7,042
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis108$34,717$7,097
St Francis HospitalMemphis21$82,049$7,105
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage47$59,213$7,143
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston26$46,819$7,209
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson31$43,421$7,243
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg15$44,808$7,303
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol47$29,181$7,361
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport45$26,052$7,404
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville51$59,824$7,600
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro84$25,015$7,666
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna14$56,099$7,681
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville23$65,173$7,691
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City46$28,893$7,742
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens17$50,321$7,819
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga33$53,081$7,977
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville14$27,054$8,001
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville93$28,922$8,200
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon27$35,863$8,202
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington16$21,678$8,947
University Health System, IncKnoxville37$18,124$9,202
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis98$28,669$9,209
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville16$47,680$9,808
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga43$28,750$10,037
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville85$42,174$13,949

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.