US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$59,139typical hospital bill
$14,277typical amount paid
$11,535–$28,199range paid across 70 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $59,139 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City72$66,912$11,535
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton64$42,911$11,779
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett274$116,796$12,193
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin203$34,797$12,211
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City73$40,890$12,341
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga591$51,124$12,412
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown132$35,516$12,422
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville340$32,602$12,527
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell288$84,792$12,715
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville280$90,907$12,849
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville154$52,665$13,165
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia351$63,152$13,220
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland198$113,931$13,271
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge297$34,135$13,341
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin231$95,376$13,391
Volunteer Community HospitalMartin31$30,157$13,435
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg146$50,523$13,457
Roane Medical CenterHarriman78$30,945$13,471
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville128$27,212$13,479
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg54$93,026$13,485
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma202$83,388$13,549
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon210$74,761$13,592
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville166$53,972$13,620
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson181$81,019$13,622
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville239$34,888$13,627
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville233$110,217$13,665
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville383$37,230$13,695
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City85$55,470$13,764
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester93$74,199$13,956
Indian Path Community HospitalKingsport28$36,441$13,968
St Francis HospitalMemphis206$146,453$13,978
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville129$27,530$14,077
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City84$28,121$14,178
Claiborne Medical CenterTazewell87$23,187$14,230
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga278$112,609$14,256
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan HospitalMilan13$28,899$14,297
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol267$59,757$14,370
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis36$35,347$14,505
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage247$121,843$14,830
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston71$79,953$14,847
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson856$57,409$14,884
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport262$67,731$14,915
Unicoi County HospitalErwin21$34,436$14,928
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountyHuntingdon92$30,876$14,958
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro353$54,138$15,012
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens51$88,007$15,015
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfield31$61,825$15,186
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis940$80,712$15,257
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City253$70,183$15,307
Lincoln Medical CenterFayetteville59$24,807$15,432
Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwater14$40,184$15,493
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical CenterNewport64$89,599$15,497
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville240$147,585$15,716
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville76$41,833$15,717
Lafollette Medical CenterLa Follette39$78,178$15,761
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah51$29,035$15,805
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna93$97,144$15,918
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington54$37,833$16,045
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville234$152,495$16,100
Tristar Southern Hills Medical CenterNashville134$85,208$16,527
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiPulaski70$78,593$16,557
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville407$71,809$16,759
Unity Medical CenterManchester19$21,319$16,902
Saint Thomas Highlands HospitalSparta17$25,266$17,175
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis963$65,044$17,292
Vanderbilt Bedford HospitalShelbyville80$72,304$17,622
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga306$58,521$17,930
University Health System, IncKnoxville530$47,352$18,663
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville423$113,990$26,873
Regional One HealthMemphis34$67,122$28,199

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.