C-Section Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $5,923Cash pay $4,739 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $26,559Cash pay $16,281 - 3
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $31,715Cash pay $7,897 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $33,592Cash pay $7,390 - 5
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $34,281Cash pay $10,284 - 6Gross charge $43,649Cash pay $12,789
- 7
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $56,512Cash pay $8,477 - 8
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $56,512Cash pay $8,477 - 9
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $56,512Cash pay $8,477 - 10
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $56,512Cash pay $8,477 - 11
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $56,512Cash pay $8,477 - 12
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $56,512Cash pay $8,477 - 13
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $56,512Cash pay $8,477 - 14
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $58,726Cash pay $11,510 - 15
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $106,540Cash pay $15,981 - 16
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 18
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 24
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 31
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 39
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 49
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 786) anywhere from $5,923 to $106,540 — a $100,617 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 $49,104.
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 786 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.