US Health Care Costs

Peripheral, Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures with Cc or Peripheral Neur in Tennessee

MS-DRG 041: Peripheral, cranial nerve and other nervous system procedures with cc or peripheral neur

$91,349typical hospital bill
$16,686typical amount paid
$16,303–$22,180range paid across 3 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $91,349 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis15$111,148$16,303
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis11$88,608$16,686
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville13$91,349$22,180

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.