US Health Care Costs

Nervous System Neoplasms with Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 054: Nervous system neoplasms with mcc

$61,432typical hospital bill
$11,782typical amount paid
$9,447–$21,298range paid across 9 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $61,432 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga12$35,552$9,447
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson12$27,036$10,976
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis22$61,432$11,640
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville12$130,326$11,660
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville11$145,872$11,782
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville15$47,532$13,420
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City11$44,446$14,156
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis20$68,108$14,496
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville32$98,340$21,298

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.