US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth, with major complications in Tennessee

MS-DRG 805: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c with mcc

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Methodist Hospitals of MemphisMemphis–––$5,560$16,088$7,167–$19,574 · 22 plans
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville––––$21,772$16,374–$26,957 · 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.