US Health Care Costs

Seizures in Tennessee

MS-DRG 101: Seizures without mcc

$36,735typical hospital bill
$7,763typical amount paid
$5,780–$16,063range paid across 22 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,735 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 CenterBartlett14$66,755$5,780
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga20$33,622$6,093
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville13$21,179$6,503
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia11$30,623$6,546
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville14$13,877$6,818
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson16$25,063$6,821
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis58$37,763$6,890
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon11$45,595$7,083
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol15$26,650$7,330
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville12$66,342$7,634
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro12$25,197$7,743
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport22$33,490$7,783
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga12$53,686$7,899
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City17$38,947$8,118
St Francis HospitalMemphis14$68,554$8,221
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage15$75,803$8,514
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville27$75,062$9,047
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis51$35,706$9,156
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville21$47,429$9,913
University Health System, IncKnoxville32$24,428$10,135
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga28$33,660$10,236
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville51$74,762$16,063

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.