Encephalitis & Other Brain Infections Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A serious nervous system infection not caused by common bacteria, such as viral encephalitis or a fungal infection of the brain, in patients who also have major complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV medicines, brain imaging, a spinal tap, and close monitoring.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $19,996Cash pay $15,997 - 2
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $75,783Cash pay $11,367 - 3
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $82,912Cash pay $12,437 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $121,287Cash pay $26,683 - 5
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $178,147Cash pay $26,722 - 6
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $182,881Cash pay $112,106 - 7
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 8
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 9
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 10
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 11
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 12
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 13
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 14
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 19
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
- 23
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 25
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 34
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 43
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price encephalitis & other brain infections (Medicare DRG 097) anywhere from $19,996 to $182,881 — a $162,885 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville. The state average sits at $110,168.
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 encephalitis & other brain 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 encephalitis & other brain 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 encephalitis & other brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 097 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.