US Health Care Costs

Newborn care (healthy baby) in Tennessee

MS-DRG 795: Normal newborn

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis–––$769$2,221$1,196–$3,588 · 21 plans
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville––––$3,904$2,875–$4,748 · 26 plans

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.