COPD Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation with major comorbidities.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for copd. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- Oxygen therapy and (if needed) BiPAP or ventilator support
- IV steroids, antibiotics, and nebulizer treatments
- Chest imaging and routine labs during admission
Usually billed separately
- Pulmonologist and hospitalist professional fees
- Outpatient pulmonary rehab program
- Home oxygen equipment after discharge
- Long-term inhaler maintenance medications
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does copd best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
COPD Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation survive 30 days.
COPD Readmissions
COPD is among the most-readmitted conditions. Strong discharge planning and pulmonary rehab referral lower this.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For copd, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For advanced COPD with frequent exacerbations, a hospital with a strong outpatient pulmonary program may be worth paying more for.
- For patients being considered for lung volume reduction surgery or transplant, an academic medical center is typically the right setting.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is home oxygen prescribed, and is the supplier in my insurance network?
- Is there a pulmonary rehab program available after discharge?
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $6,265Cash pay $5,012Medicare pays (avg) $9,033 - 2
Johnson County Community Hospital
Mountain City, TN
Gross charge $8,073Cash pay $1,857 - 3
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $16,488Cash pay $10,107Medicare pays (avg) $6,727 - 4
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $35,341Cash pay $8,729Medicare pays (avg) $7,664 - 5
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $35,501Cash pay $6,958Medicare pays (avg) $8,324 - 6
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $36,851Cash pay $8,107Medicare pays (avg) $8,186 - 7Gross charge $36,868Cash pay $10,802
- 8
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $50,331Cash pay $7,550Medicare pays (avg) $6,379 - 9
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $50,583Cash pay $16,490Medicare pays (avg) $5,827 - 10
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $50,583Cash pay $16,490 - 11Gross charge $50,583Cash pay $16,490
- 12
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $52,229Cash pay $7,834Medicare pays (avg) $7,102 - 13
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $52,983Cash pay $7,948Medicare pays (avg) $4,366 - 14
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $54,462Cash pay $13,561Medicare pays (avg) $7,208 - 15
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,748 - 16
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,902 - 18
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,389 - 20
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,632 - 21
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,428 - 22
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,022 - 25Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,449
- 26
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,709 - 27
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,627 - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,154 - 33
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 34
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,524 - 36
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,191 - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 43
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,780 - 46
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,510 - 48
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,838 - 50
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,274 - 51
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,127 - 53
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,540
Tennessee hospitals price copd (Medicare DRG 190) anywhere from $6,265 to $54,462 — a $48,197 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 Lawrenceburg in Lawrenceburg. The state average sits at $38,367.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 190 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.