US Health Care Costs

Other Respiratory System O.r. Procedures with Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 166: Other respiratory system o.r. procedures with mcc

$120,402typical hospital bill
$32,920typical amount paid
$26,389–$45,709range paid across 5 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $120,402 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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, IncChattanooga24$126,037$26,389
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis24$120,402$32,255
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson19$102,240$32,920
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis18$92,010$34,051
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville16$205,413$45,709

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.