US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$52,329typical hospital bill
$12,405typical amount paid
$10,264–$24,387range paid across 63 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $52,329 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 City24$57,011$10,264
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin59$29,245$10,278
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga153$45,301$10,498
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton18$64,634$10,701
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville60$27,700$10,760
Roane Medical CenterHarriman30$20,229$10,976
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown45$32,297$10,984
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia88$52,630$11,092
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City24$42,639$11,199
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell78$65,841$11,243
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville69$36,404$11,347
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett35$79,951$11,373
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage41$98,574$11,388
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma29$63,277$11,403
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville32$51,899$11,418
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City31$51,280$11,450
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland53$73,972$11,456
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin19$80,790$11,510
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge58$36,019$11,521
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon30$61,401$11,540
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville44$73,960$11,544
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville71$32,117$11,572
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville118$29,096$11,664
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville22$24,169$11,678
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville25$87,003$11,822
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville42$28,222$11,932
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna15$79,944$12,062
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg24$54,955$12,134
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City23$22,900$12,206
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester22$67,125$12,246
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis18$37,021$12,393
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis206$58,788$12,405
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol60$49,694$12,460
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville28$114,973$12,490
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountyHuntingdon13$32,160$12,553
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga43$83,306$12,604
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson178$51,165$12,618
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston16$65,878$12,643
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg21$105,569$12,684
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson23$56,255$12,700
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport55$57,737$12,744
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfield25$54,866$12,749
St Francis HospitalMemphis16$96,124$12,853
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens19$76,999$13,111
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah14$23,642$13,152
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical CenterNewport19$73,011$13,328
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro111$48,073$13,447
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville18$34,313$13,467
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City64$79,186$13,785
Vanderbilt Bedford HospitalShelbyville18$55,899$13,786
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville145$52,329$13,803
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville16$51,554$14,152
Lafollette Medical CenterLa Follette19$79,408$14,262
Unity Medical CenterManchester11$23,716$14,340
Lincoln Medical CenterFayetteville15$39,716$14,380
Saint Thomas Highlands HospitalSparta13$24,376$14,716
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville41$96,486$15,040
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington20$30,538$15,148
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis121$52,119$15,304
Dekalb Community HospitalSmithville14$33,530$15,313
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga51$44,558$15,755
University Health System, IncKnoxville56$35,966$16,432
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville110$92,368$24,387

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.