US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth, with complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 806: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c with cc

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis–––$5,744$13,533$6,275–$13,538 · 13 plans
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville––––$15,211$11,435–$18,814 · 26 plans

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.