C-Section Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen when other health conditions complicate the pregnancy or recovery. The stay includes the operation and several days of care for mother and baby.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $5,047Cash pay $4,037 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $23,519Cash pay $14,417 - 3
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $27,432Cash pay $8,943 - 4
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $27,432Cash pay $8,943 - 5Gross charge $27,432Cash pay $8,943
- 6
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $30,370Cash pay $6,681 - 7
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $31,616Cash pay $7,872 - 8
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $41,125Cash pay $6,169 - 9Gross charge $43,848Cash pay $12,847
- 10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $44,597Cash pay $11,029 - 11
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $53,820Cash pay $8,073 - 12
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $74,885Cash pay $14,678 - 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 787) anywhere from $5,047 to $74,885 — a $69,839 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 $35,927.
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 787 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.