US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in Tennessee

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$42,985typical hospital bill
$9,345typical amount paid
$7,657–$19,772range paid across 48 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,985 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett29$73,024$7,657
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin24$27,473$7,823
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City12$44,027$8,525
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville85$23,819$8,564
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown64$22,130$8,569
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma22$63,667$8,585
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell20$67,727$8,592
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga94$38,194$8,614
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville42$68,218$8,631
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville58$24,555$8,805
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville83$20,591$8,823
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia28$44,960$8,840
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City12$21,230$8,869
Volunteer Community HospitalMartin17$32,450$8,884
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage29$82,770$9,020
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge39$26,612$9,046
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville22$41,944$9,068
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg20$38,064$9,096
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville47$35,676$9,170
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin15$60,915$9,243
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville75$23,563$9,247
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson117$38,377$9,258
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland27$88,970$9,282
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville14$25,599$9,285
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon19$49,222$9,405
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester11$38,060$9,492
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis94$49,063$9,607
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville28$77,082$9,640
St Francis HospitalMemphis22$115,000$9,652
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis33$36,400$9,683
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson30$56,586$9,847
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville28$77,272$9,994
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport43$48,625$10,060
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City39$39,670$10,083
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol32$33,058$10,235
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga49$66,966$10,254
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro53$38,429$10,420
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville55$45,441$10,705
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville11$34,782$10,795
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah11$24,394$10,807
Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwater39$33,617$11,080
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington17$28,914$11,518
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis152$46,805$11,702
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna13$69,236$11,717
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga41$47,355$12,215
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville20$51,871$12,342
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville14$62,934$12,368
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville77$111,820$19,772

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.