US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in Tennessee

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$36,045typical hospital bill
$7,952typical amount paid
$6,626–$16,404range paid across 56 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,045 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin50$23,532$6,626
St Francis HospitalMemphis31$74,617$6,720
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett53$88,887$6,822
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga98$27,323$6,973
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton14$25,982$7,006
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City16$35,440$7,043
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville55$20,317$7,090
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville37$33,612$7,147
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City46$30,184$7,220
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell52$46,892$7,239
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma37$42,201$7,244
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville15$17,775$7,365
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville46$56,766$7,378
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin48$50,626$7,402
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge50$19,992$7,447
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia53$36,651$7,464
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City14$14,596$7,512
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg21$33,125$7,573
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville53$19,313$7,654
Roane Medical CenterHarriman13$14,570$7,678
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon36$45,787$7,766
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville25$18,994$7,841
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville49$18,787$7,856
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester23$45,942$7,877
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson115$34,195$7,897
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage62$75,093$7,908
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland19$59,119$7,917
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville26$31,073$7,918
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountyHuntingdon14$24,957$7,986
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna14$62,009$8,123
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport41$44,740$8,135
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston29$52,981$8,161
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville36$64,146$8,186
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg11$78,362$8,330
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis153$43,980$8,334
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville57$70,758$8,421
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga41$62,113$8,482
Claiborne Medical CenterTazewell11$12,354$8,488
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol45$33,644$8,611
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro43$33,813$8,729
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City43$42,185$8,778
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson27$57,265$8,837
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville12$30,247$8,885
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens15$60,350$8,933
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown25$24,437$9,035
Lincoln Medical CenterFayetteville12$17,885$9,200
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah12$24,575$9,210
Vanderbilt Bedford HospitalShelbyville18$31,972$9,632
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington13$29,306$10,032
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville58$40,213$10,484
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis156$37,846$10,532
University Health System, IncKnoxville101$22,031$10,848
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga37$38,209$11,124
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville16$54,165$11,544
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville22$73,647$15,180
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville98$59,093$16,404

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.