US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$69,470typical hospital bill
$14,042typical amount paid
$11,771–$23,686range paid across 32 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,470 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville26$28,771$11,771
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin23$32,862$11,888
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga99$54,103$11,960
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia29$53,023$12,624
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge11$22,793$12,652
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville12$24,249$12,750
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville68$30,711$12,954
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett23$107,310$12,983
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell22$63,966$13,031
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin19$94,995$13,083
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland19$111,233$13,169
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville15$90,447$13,403
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville14$55,224$13,475
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga24$91,261$13,871
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville12$162,775$13,911
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville48$39,946$13,948
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis133$84,720$14,135
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol44$66,876$14,137
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville16$32,002$14,187
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro43$54,342$14,474
St Francis HospitalMemphis48$140,148$14,537
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson109$44,007$14,935
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage44$155,763$15,010
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville130$169,562$15,396
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport16$51,578$15,446
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City72$73,908$15,508
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville102$77,759$16,396
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis155$77,348$16,845
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville38$159,263$17,147
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga71$72,063$18,044
University Health System, IncKnoxville106$48,231$18,645
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville117$101,519$23,686

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.