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
$56,868
gross charge · DRG 418
Hospitals
19
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 $56,868.

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
    Gross charge $13,639
    Cash pay $4,446
  6. 6

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $50,533
    Cash pay $30,977
  7. 7

    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    Gross charge $61,288
    Cash pay $9,193
  8. 8

    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $64,063
    Cash pay $19,219
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,715
  9. 9

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $66,345
    Cash pay $14,596
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,619
  10. 10
    Gross charge $70,141
    Cash pay $20,551
  11. 11

    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
  12. 12

    Holston Valley Medical Center

    Kingsport, TN

    Gross charge $75,308
    Cash pay $11,296
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    Gross charge $75,308
    Cash pay $11,296
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    Greeneville Community Hospital

    Greeneville, TN

    Gross charge $75,308
    Cash pay $11,296
  15. 15
    Gross charge $75,308
    Cash pay $11,296
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    Franklin Woods Community Hospital

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $75,308
    Cash pay $11,296
  17. 17

    Hancock County Hospital

    Sneedville, TN

    Gross charge $75,308
    Cash pay $11,296
  18. 18

    Starr Regional Medical Center Athens

    Athens, TN

    Gross charge $75,578
    Cash pay $14,813
  19. 19

    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $101,585
    Cash pay $15,238
  20. 20

    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,131
  21. 21

    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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  24. 24

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,803
  25. 25

    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,115
  26. 26

    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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  31. 31

    Maury Regional Medical Center (Acute Care — Columbia)

    Columbia, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,053
  32. 32

    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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  33. 33

    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,834
  34. 34

    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,926
  35. 35

    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,858
  36. 36

    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,434
  37. 37

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City

    Union City, TN

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  38. 38

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton

    Covington, TN

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    Dekalb Community Hospital

    Smithville, TN

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  41. 41

    Ascension Saint Thomas River Park

    Mcminnville, TN

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  42. 42

    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,634
  43. 43

    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,240
  44. 44

    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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  45. 45

    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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  55. 55

    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,617
  56. 56
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