Bowel Obstruction Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A blockage in the intestines that stops food and fluid from passing through. Treatment usually involves resting the bowel with intravenous fluids, and sometimes a tube through the nose to relieve pressure, while the blockage clears.
State average
$20,463
gross charge · DRG 390
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$3,053 – $34,855
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($3,053 at Unity Medical Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $3,053Cash pay $2,442 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $16,626Cash pay $10,192 - 3
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $16,950Cash pay $2,542 - 4
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $17,180Cash pay $2,577 - 5
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $17,180Cash pay $2,577 - 6
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $17,180Cash pay $2,577 - 7
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $17,180Cash pay $2,577 - 8
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $17,180Cash pay $2,577 - 9
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $17,180Cash pay $2,577 - 10
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $17,180Cash pay $2,577 - 11
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $17,770Cash pay $5,331 - 12
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $20,069Cash pay $3,010 - 13
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $22,464Cash pay $4,942Medicare pays (avg) $4,556 - 14
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $23,995Cash pay $7,822 - 15
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $23,995Cash pay $7,822 - 16
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $23,995Cash pay $7,822 - 17Gross charge $23,995Cash pay $7,822
- 18
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $29,005Cash pay $5,685 - 19
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $32,235Cash pay $8,026 - 20Gross charge $34,855Cash pay $10,212
- 21
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,620 - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 23
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,566 - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 29
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,769
- 33
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,037 - 35
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $1,692 - 36
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 44
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,396 - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 54
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 56
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,403 - 57
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price bowel obstruction (Medicare DRG 390) anywhere from $3,053 to $34,855 — a $31,802 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski in Pulaski. The state average sits at $20,463.
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 bowel obstruction 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 bowel obstruction 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 bowel obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 390 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.