US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in Tennessee

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$40,230typical hospital bill
$7,751typical amount paid
$6,432–$12,896range paid across 36 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,230 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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 CenterFranklin35$27,615$6,432
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville43$17,227$6,458
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga115$38,947$6,576
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge11$18,671$6,942
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown13$23,933$7,086
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville11$37,545$7,144
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville55$27,694$7,156
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma13$52,541$7,185
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville36$75,378$7,242
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell30$51,602$7,285
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia39$40,859$7,335
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville19$18,837$7,362
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett32$71,002$7,387
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson16$71,183$7,398
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville72$22,494$7,410
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland18$81,135$7,439
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville19$27,235$7,472
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis123$56,463$7,715
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson91$29,072$7,788
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville15$18,812$7,904
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga21$76,071$7,989
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville13$63,932$8,030
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol53$34,675$8,082
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon19$35,020$8,096
St Francis HospitalMemphis32$92,395$8,326
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport31$39,602$8,385
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage47$97,438$8,548
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro59$34,674$8,633
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville48$118,697$8,650
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City55$52,683$8,973
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna11$53,004$9,269
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville98$42,511$9,292
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis131$53,162$9,778
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga75$39,345$10,659
University Health System, IncKnoxville80$29,526$10,700
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville65$61,972$12,896

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.