US Health Care Costs

Skin Ulcers with Mcc in Tennessee

MS-DRG 592: Skin ulcers with mcc

$71,399typical hospital bill
$15,943typical amount paid
$13,661–$18,224range paid across 2 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $71,399 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
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis11$84,414$13,661
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis19$58,384$18,224

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.