Back Problems Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $5,376Cash pay $4,301 - 2
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $28,477Cash pay $7,034 - 3
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $29,913Cash pay $18,337 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $51,243Cash pay $11,273Medicare pays (avg) $11,223 - 5
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $56,708Cash pay $8,506 - 6
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $75,729Cash pay $14,843 - 7
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $101,466Cash pay $25,265 - 8
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $162,483Cash pay $24,372Medicare pays (avg) $11,587 - 9
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 10
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 11
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 12
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 13
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,064 - 14
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,086 - 15
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 16
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
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Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,600 - 21
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,626 - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
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Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 36
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,589 - 39
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,104 - 45
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,623 - 46
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price back problems (Medicare DRG 551) anywhere from $5,376 to $162,483 — a $157,106 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. The state average sits at $63,924.
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 problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems 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 problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 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.