Cellulitis Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$27,629
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$8,288 – $36,430
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $8,288Cash pay $6,630 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $16,463Cash pay $10,092Medicare pays (avg) $4,527 - 3
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $20,982Cash pay $4,616Medicare pays (avg) $6,327 - 4
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $23,049Cash pay $5,693 - 5Gross charge $27,103Cash pay $7,941
- 6
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $27,323Cash pay $4,098Medicare pays (avg) $5,539 - 7
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $28,375Cash pay $4,256Medicare pays (avg) $4,637 - 8
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $29,897Cash pay $4,485 - 9
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $32,854Cash pay $8,181 - 10
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $35,550Cash pay $6,968 - 11
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $36,430Cash pay $11,876Medicare pays (avg) $5,599 - 12
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $36,430Cash pay $11,876 - 13Gross charge $36,430Cash pay $11,876
- 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,087 - 15
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 17
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,747 - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,033 - 20
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 21
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,959
- 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,385 - 26
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,014 - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,676 - 35
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,083 - 36
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,234 - 37
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,924 - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 44
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,518 - 47
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,853 - 49
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,730 - 52
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,428 - 53
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,181 - 54
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,143
Tennessee hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 603) anywhere from $8,288 to $36,430 — a $28,142 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas in Carthage. The state average sits at $27,629.
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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 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.