Diabetes Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes admitted for blood sugar that is out of control. The hospital stay involves adjusting insulin or other medicines, frequent blood sugar monitoring, and help planning day-to-day management of the condition.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $7,408Cash pay $5,926 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $9,853Cash pay $6,040 - 3
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $11,387Cash pay $1,708 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $16,427Cash pay $3,614 - 5
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $19,387Cash pay $5,816 - 6Gross charge $19,461Cash pay $5,702
- 7
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $19,699Cash pay $2,955 - 8
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $19,699Cash pay $2,955 - 9
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $19,699Cash pay $2,955 - 10
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $19,699Cash pay $2,955 - 11
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $19,699Cash pay $2,955 - 12
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $19,699Cash pay $2,955 - 13
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $19,699Cash pay $2,955 - 14
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $25,034Cash pay $8,161 - 15
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $25,034Cash pay $8,161 - 16
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $25,034Cash pay $8,161 - 17Gross charge $25,034Cash pay $8,161
- 18
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $29,992Cash pay $5,878 - 19
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $36,265Cash pay $9,030 - 20
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $59,394Cash pay $8,909 - 21
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 23
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 29
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 36
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 44
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 54
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 56
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 57
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 639) anywhere from $7,408 to $59,394 — a $51,986 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 $22,380.
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 639 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.