DRG 419 · Digestive

Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. The stay involves the operation and a short recovery, often just a day or two.

State average
$60,449
gross charge · DRG 419
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$7,350 – $79,783
low to high
Lowest $7,350 Highest $79,783

Tennessee hospitals price gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) (Medicare DRG 419) anywhere from $7,350 to $79,783 — a $72,433 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Starr Regional Medical Center Athens in Athens. The state average sits at $60,449.

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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 419 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 $7,350
    Cash pay $5,880
  2. 2

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $40,080
    Cash pay $24,569
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    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    Gross charge $40,770
    Cash pay $6,115
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    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    Gross charge $57,337
    Cash pay $12,614
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    Gross charge $61,418
    Cash pay $9,213
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    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $64,616
    Cash pay $9,692
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    Gross charge $73,485
    Cash pay $23,956
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    Gross charge $73,485
    Cash pay $23,956
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    Gross charge $73,485
    Cash pay $23,956
  10. 10
    Gross charge $73,868
    Cash pay $18,393
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    Gross charge $79,712
    Cash pay $19,689
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    Starr Regional Medical Center Athens

    Athens, TN

    Gross charge $79,783
    Cash pay $15,638
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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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    Roane Medical Center

    Harriman, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

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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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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $8,630
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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, 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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    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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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

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    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Cumberland Medical Center

    Crossville, TN

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    Fort Loudoun Medical Center

    Lenoir City, TN

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