Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Middle-ear infections and upper airway infections, such as severe sinus or throat infections, that need inpatient care. The stay usually involves antibiotics or other medication, fluids, and monitoring.
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($3,970 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 $3,970Cash pay $3,176 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $12,490Cash pay $7,657 - 3
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $18,302Cash pay $4,026 - 4
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $20,756Cash pay $3,113 - 5
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $26,521Cash pay $3,978 - 6
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $28,076Cash pay $4,211 - 7
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $41,034Cash pay $13,377 - 8
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $41,034Cash pay $13,377 - 9Gross charge $41,034Cash pay $13,377
- 10
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 11
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 12
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 13
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 17
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 22
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 28
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 37
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 46
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price ear & upper respiratory infections (Medicare DRG 153) anywhere from $3,970 to $41,034 — a $37,064 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 $25,913.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 153 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.