DRG 356 · Digestive

Digestive System Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on the stomach, intestines, or other digestive organs that doesn't fall into a more specific surgical category. The stay includes surgery and a recovery period with a gradual return to eating.

State average
$111,503
gross charge · DRG 356
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$23,796 – $216,199
low to high
Lowest $23,796 Highest $216,199

Tennessee hospitals price digestive system surgery (Medicare DRG 356) anywhere from $23,796 to $216,199 — a $192,403 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 $111,503.

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 digestive system surgery 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 digestive system surgery 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 digestive system surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 356 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Unity Medical Center

    Manchester, TN

    Gross charge $23,796
    Cash pay $19,037
  2. 2

    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    Gross charge $62,021
    Cash pay $9,303
  3. 3

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $69,187
    Cash pay $42,411
  4. 4

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    Gross charge $95,866
    Cash pay $21,091
  5. 5
    Gross charge $124,424
    Cash pay $18,664
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    Holston Valley Medical Center

    Kingsport, TN

    Gross charge $124,424
    Cash pay $18,664
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    Gross charge $124,424
    Cash pay $18,664
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    Greeneville Community Hospital

    Greeneville, TN

    Gross charge $124,424
    Cash pay $18,664
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    Gross charge $124,424
    Cash pay $18,664
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    Franklin Woods Community Hospital

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $124,424
    Cash pay $18,664
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    Hancock County Hospital

    Sneedville, TN

    Gross charge $124,424
    Cash pay $18,664
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    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $216,199
    Cash pay $32,430
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    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County

    Huntingdon, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $25,228
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    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

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    Jefferson Memorial Hospital

    Jefferson City, TN

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    Volunteer Community Hospital

    Martin, TN

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    Dyersburg Regional Medical Center

    Dyersburg, TN

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    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $21,950
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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City

    Union City, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton

    Covington, TN

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    Dekalb Community Hospital

    Smithville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas River Park

    Mcminnville, TN

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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

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    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $31,351
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