US Health Care Costs

Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale in Tennessee

MS-DRG 175: Pulmonary embolism with mcc or acute cor pulmonale

$45,663typical hospital bill
$10,640typical amount paid
$8,632–$20,728range paid across 22 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,663 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville15$34,575$8,632
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin20$27,191$8,816
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell13$53,859$9,030
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga31$38,508$9,253
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin11$115,473$9,394
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge12$22,169$9,463
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville27$27,931$9,579
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia12$39,941$9,728
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville13$34,591$10,216
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson31$35,427$10,413
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro24$43,436$10,629
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis62$60,695$10,652
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport16$46,560$10,834
St Francis HospitalMemphis14$105,460$10,876
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol14$44,767$11,311
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville16$63,559$11,783
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City17$84,523$12,003
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville38$53,334$12,137
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis34$57,242$12,835
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville13$95,386$13,200
University Health System, IncKnoxville30$37,326$14,506
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville37$89,645$20,728

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.