Appendix Removal Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually for appendicitis, in otherwise straightforward cases. Most stays are short, covering the operation and a brief recovery.
State average
$53,406
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$6,269 – $69,435
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $6,269Cash pay $5,015 - 2
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $39,402Cash pay $9,811 - 3
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $43,493Cash pay $9,569 - 4
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $43,824Cash pay $6,574 - 5
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $46,658Cash pay $28,601 - 6
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $47,993Cash pay $14,398 - 7
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $50,651Cash pay $7,598 - 8
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 9
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 10
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 11
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 12
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 13
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 14
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 15
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $67,345Cash pay $21,954 - 16
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $67,345Cash pay $21,954 - 17
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $67,345Cash pay $21,954 - 18Gross charge $67,345Cash pay $21,954
- 19
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $69,435Cash pay $13,609 - 20
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 22
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 28
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 35
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 43
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 53
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 54
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 56
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price appendix removal (Medicare DRG 399) anywhere from $6,269 to $69,435 — a $63,166 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Starr Regional Medical Center Athens in Athens. The state average sits at $53,406.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists appendix removal at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent appendix removal admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Tennessee hospitals missing from the list either don't perform appendix removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 399 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.