Bacterial Meningitis & Brain Infections Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A serious bacterial infection of the brain or spinal cord, such as bacterial meningitis or a brain abscess, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, close monitoring, and tests such as brain imaging or a spinal tap.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $13,373Cash pay $10,698 - 2Gross charge $37,899Cash pay $11,104
- 3
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $47,578Cash pay $29,166 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $104,854Cash pay $23,068 - 5
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $119,822Cash pay $29,836 - 6
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $187,676Cash pay $28,151 - 7
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $243,829Cash pay $36,574 - 8
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 9
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 10
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 11
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 12
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 13
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 15
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 20
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 35
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 44
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price bacterial meningitis & brain infections (Medicare DRG 095) anywhere from $13,373 to $243,829 — a $230,457 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room in Bristol. The state average sits at $107,862.
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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections 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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections 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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 095 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.