US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$43,833typical hospital bill
$8,700typical amount paid
$7,272–$19,358range paid across 49 hospitals

Tennessee hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,833 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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 City11$43,833$7,272
Williamson Medical CenterFranklin33$20,838$7,286
Saint Francis Bartlett Medical CenterBartlett40$69,100$7,450
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga51$41,010$7,469
Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville18$15,144$7,533
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CityUnion City15$29,680$7,628
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown14$15,617$7,725
Sycamore Shoals HospitalElizabethton22$31,743$7,876
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville17$28,657$8,017
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville48$22,454$8,043
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma20$44,094$8,061
Vanderbilt Clarksville HospitalClarksville31$53,918$8,090
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City16$30,778$8,096
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia57$35,626$8,110
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell43$54,546$8,126
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint ThomaGallatin51$52,929$8,171
Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland39$60,970$8,358
Cumberland Medical CenterCrossville11$17,379$8,371
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson25$48,747$8,470
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville22$23,301$8,508
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville36$26,281$8,524
St Francis HospitalMemphis27$88,272$8,527
Dyersburg Regional Medical CenterDyersburg23$25,319$8,604
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon19$47,023$8,638
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical CenterBristol32$30,168$8,700
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson116$35,915$8,801
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester15$43,399$8,903
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville31$77,067$8,910
Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga30$64,899$8,981
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis192$48,399$9,113
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System LawrenceLawrenceburg24$61,490$9,117
Tristar Northcrest Medical CenterSpringfield12$48,197$9,146
Livingston Regional HospitalLivingston16$49,458$9,203
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville17$57,951$9,297
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical CenterKingsport40$45,294$9,398
Tristar Summit Medical CenterHermitage34$80,728$9,559
Johnson City Medical CenterJohnson City42$44,998$9,692
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical CenterNewport14$52,587$9,758
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro74$29,515$9,779
Saint Thomas River Park HospitalMcMinnville16$29,293$9,866
Starr Regional Medical Center AthensAthens11$66,631$9,898
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville90$30,917$10,225
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiPulaski11$54,728$10,324
Baptist Memorial Hospital TiptonCovington14$30,688$10,422
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis118$37,395$11,138
Tristar Hendersonville Medical CenterHendersonville21$80,452$11,420
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga15$37,096$12,671
University Health System, IncKnoxville60$32,114$12,823
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville42$78,460$19,358

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.