C-Section Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.
State average
$33,101
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$10,056 – $61,736
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $10,056Cash pay $8,044 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $20,884Cash pay $12,802 - 3
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $25,655Cash pay $8,364 - 4
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $25,655Cash pay $8,364 - 5Gross charge $25,655Cash pay $8,364
- 6
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $27,805Cash pay $6,924 - 7
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $29,451Cash pay $6,479 - 8Gross charge $34,900Cash pay $10,226
- 9
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $38,267Cash pay $9,455 - 10
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $40,375Cash pay $6,056 - 11
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $56,769Cash pay $8,515 - 12
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $61,736Cash pay $12,100 - 13
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 16
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, 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
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 25
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 40
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 49
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 788) anywhere from $10,056 to $61,736 — a $51,680 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 $33,101.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Tennessee, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.