Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant Without Cc/Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 244: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant without cc/mcc

$87,780typical hospital bill

$13,695typical amount paid

$12,951–$16,944range paid across 7 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $87,780 for this stay in 2024, about 6.4 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	17	$93,928	$12,951
Parkwest Medical Center	Knoxville	13	$62,021	$13,389
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center	Kingsport	13	$87,780	$13,648
Tristar Centennial Medical Center	Nashville	14	$138,535	$13,695
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis	Memphis	12	$120,023	$15,481
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital	Nashville	17	$65,592	$16,465
University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	14	$49,996	$16,944

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.