US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$51,051typical hospital bill
$11,608typical amount paid
$9,253–$24,149range paid across 40 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,051 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 CenterFranklin20$28,048$9,253
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville39$23,098$9,892
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin22$75,792$10,282
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga95$39,693$10,403
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown11$31,453$10,410
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton13$47,390$10,489
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett30$95,370$10,586
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell26$81,259$10,684
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville22$50,948$10,846
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City11$35,796$10,881
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge17$25,493$11,019
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia28$49,570$11,057
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville25$88,227$11,083
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City27$46,565$11,112
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville27$104,772$11,114
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland22$97,380$11,186
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga20$80,282$11,276
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville30$23,773$11,318
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson18$80,504$11,318
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma25$85,152$11,602
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage30$103,928$11,613
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol21$51,354$11,619
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville64$36,413$11,625
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg25$45,108$11,686
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon31$64,163$11,754
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville23$27,011$11,851
St Francis HospitalMemphis15$164,516$12,111
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountyHuntingdon12$23,034$12,170
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson108$50,847$12,289
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis129$73,850$12,336
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport49$49,885$12,797
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro43$49,725$12,986
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City55$51,153$13,282
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville31$133,479$13,659
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville24$173,021$14,016
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis128$55,137$15,003
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville66$65,045$15,069
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga42$43,289$15,769
University Health System, IncKnoxville55$44,883$17,175
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville169$89,020$24,149

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.