US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Tennessee

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$29,288typical hospital bill
$6,385typical amount paid
$5,044–$11,758range paid across 50 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,288 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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 CenterFranklin30$17,390$5,044
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett34$56,533$5,185
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga68$23,372$5,241
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville45$12,002$5,335
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton12$30,528$5,712
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown23$14,625$5,715
Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge21$12,759$5,801
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville45$46,221$5,806
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville35$18,726$5,821
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville22$33,278$5,855
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia75$29,378$5,857
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma34$37,273$5,870
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell33$40,313$5,941
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin44$40,992$6,013
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson52$27,231$6,065
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland32$56,964$6,070
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon20$39,968$6,108
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City38$27,356$6,119
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville17$21,625$6,151
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville23$72,111$6,180
Roane Medical CenterHarriman13$10,767$6,184
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville18$17,379$6,275
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson14$45,111$6,303
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis97$31,922$6,308
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester17$37,231$6,364
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg18$54,958$6,406
Wayne Medical CenterWaynesboro14$18,087$6,447
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol78$26,361$6,464
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg13$27,091$6,466
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston20$50,451$6,498
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville13$13,701$6,500
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga21$56,551$6,627
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville24$40,980$6,665
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis16$22,566$6,711
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfield18$34,008$6,964
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage35$57,035$7,012
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City41$27,564$7,255
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville22$22,303$7,257
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport26$32,660$7,257
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro68$24,356$7,261
Tristar Stonecrest Medical CenterSmyrna13$49,702$7,474
Sweetwater Hospital AssociationSweetwater19$27,391$7,555
Lafollette Medical CenterLa Follette12$36,787$7,615
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville86$28,195$7,786
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis86$29,198$8,366
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga30$21,728$8,733
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville18$68,874$9,351
University Health System, IncKnoxville79$20,781$9,352
Saint Thomas Highlands HospitalSparta15$18,264$9,691
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville58$41,258$11,758

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.