US Health Care Costs

Respiratory Neoplasms with Cc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 181: Respiratory neoplasms with cc

$45,634typical hospital bill
$9,911typical amount paid
$9,739–$10,084range paid across 2 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,634 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
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis11$57,779$9,739
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis14$33,490$10,084

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.