Diabetes Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for diabetes with complications such as ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar state, or severe hypoglycemia.
State average
$26,444
gross charge · DRG 638
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$3,495 – $41,312
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($3,495 at Unity Medical Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $3,495Cash pay $2,796 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $16,126Cash pay $9,886Medicare pays (avg) $4,464 - 3
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $23,263Cash pay $5,118Medicare pays (avg) $6,563 - 4
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $24,216Cash pay $7,895Medicare pays (avg) $5,742 - 5
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $24,216Cash pay $7,895 - 6Gross charge $24,216Cash pay $7,895
- 7
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $24,658Cash pay $6,140 - 8Gross charge $27,149Cash pay $7,955
- 9
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $30,074Cash pay $7,428 - 10
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $32,618Cash pay $4,893Medicare pays (avg) $4,808 - 11
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $34,662Cash pay $6,794 - 12
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $37,770Cash pay $5,665Medicare pays (avg) $5,886 - 13
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $41,312Cash pay $6,197 - 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,182 - 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) $4,800 - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,566 - 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) $5,856
- 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,910 - 26
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,938 - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,949 - 33
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,110 - 34
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,099 - 35
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 42
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,054 - 45
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,736 - 50
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,075 - 52
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,599
Tennessee hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 638) anywhere from $3,495 to $41,312 — a $37,817 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. The state average sits at $26,444.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 638 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.