DRG 418 · Digestive

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

Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for gallstones or inflammation, in patients with other health conditions that complicate care. The stay includes the operation plus extra monitoring during recovery.

State average
$54,189
gross charge · DRG 418
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$9,251 – $101,585
low to high
Lowest $9,251 Highest $101,585

Tennessee hospitals price gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) (Medicare DRG 418) anywhere from $9,251 to $101,585 — a $92,334 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 $54,189.

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 418 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 $9,251
    Cash pay $7,401
  2. 2
    Gross charge $13,639
    Cash pay $4,446
  3. 3
    Gross charge $13,639
    Cash pay $4,446
  4. 4
    Gross charge $13,639
    Cash pay $4,446
  5. 5

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $50,533
    Cash pay $30,977
  6. 6

    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    Gross charge $61,288
    Cash pay $9,193
  7. 7

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $66,345
    Cash pay $14,596
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,619
  8. 8
    Gross charge $70,141
    Cash pay $20,551
  9. 9

    Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room

    Bristol, TN

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $75,308
    Cash pay $11,296
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,884
  10. 10

    Starr Regional Medical Center Athens

    Athens, TN

    Gross charge $75,578
    Cash pay $14,813
  11. 11
    Gross charge $99,322
    Cash pay $24,533
  12. 12

    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $101,585
    Cash pay $15,238
  13. 13

    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,131
  14. 14

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County

    Huntingdon, TN

    Gross charge —
  15. 15

    Roane Medical Center

    Harriman, TN

    Gross charge —
  16. 16

    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

    Gross charge —
  17. 17

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,803
  18. 18

    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,115
  19. 19

    Jefferson Memorial Hospital

    Jefferson City, TN

    Gross charge —
  20. 20
    Gross charge —
  21. 21

    Volunteer Community Hospital

    Martin, TN

    Gross charge —
  22. 22

    Dyersburg Regional Medical Center

    Dyersburg, TN

    Gross charge —
  23. 23

    Maury Regional Medical Center (Acute Care — Columbia)

    Columbia, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,053
  24. 24

    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,834
  25. 25

    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,858
  26. 26

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City

    Union City, TN

    Gross charge —
  27. 27

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton

    Covington, TN

    Gross charge —
  28. 28
    Gross charge —
  29. 29

    Dekalb Community Hospital

    Smithville, TN

    Gross charge —
  30. 30

    Ascension Saint Thomas River Park

    Mcminnville, TN

    Gross charge —
  31. 31

    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,240
  32. 32

    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    Gross charge —
  33. 33

    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

    Gross charge —
  34. 34
    Gross charge —
  35. 35
    Gross charge —
  36. 36
    Gross charge —
  37. 37
    Gross charge —
  38. 38
    Gross charge —
  39. 39
    Gross charge —
  40. 40
    Gross charge —
  41. 41
    Gross charge —
  42. 42

    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,617
  43. 43
    Gross charge —
  44. 44

    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

    Gross charge —
  45. 45
    Gross charge —
  46. 46

    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

    Gross charge —
  47. 47

    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,434
  48. 48

    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,926
  49. 49

    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,715
  50. 50

    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,634
  51. 51

    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

    Gross charge —
  52. 52

    Cumberland Medical Center

    Crossville, TN

    Gross charge —
  53. 53

    Fort Loudoun Medical Center

    Lenoir City, TN

    Gross charge —

Compare gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) pricing in nearby states