Back & Neck Surgery (Non-Fusion) Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery on the back or neck other than spinal fusion, such as removing a herniated disc or relieving pressure on spinal nerves. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $42,660Cash pay $26,151 - 2
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $85,187Cash pay $18,741 - 3
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $121,907Cash pay $18,286Medicare pays (avg) $11,651 - 4
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $131,872Cash pay $19,781 - 5
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $131,872Cash pay $19,781 - 6
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $131,872Cash pay $19,781 - 7
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $131,872Cash pay $19,781 - 8
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $131,872Cash pay $19,781 - 9
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $131,872Cash pay $19,781 - 10
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $131,872Cash pay $19,781 - 11
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 12
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,396 - 13
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 14
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,908 - 17
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 20
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 27
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 35
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,022 - 37
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 45
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,434 - 48
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price back & neck surgery (non-fusion) (Medicare DRG 519) anywhere from $42,660 to $131,872 — a $89,212 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville; the most expensive is Hancock County Hospital in Sneedville. The state average sits at $117,286.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 back & neck surgery (non-fusion) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in Tennessee, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 519 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.