Headache Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$30,267
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$4,743 – $51,211
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,743 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 $4,743Cash pay $3,794 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $16,533Cash pay $10,135 - 3
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 4
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 5
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 6
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 7
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 8
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 9
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $30,163Cash pay $4,524 - 10
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $32,812Cash pay $4,922 - 11
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $37,944Cash pay $8,348 - 12
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $39,091Cash pay $5,864 - 13
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $51,211Cash pay $10,037 - 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 16
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,366 - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 22
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 29
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 37
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 47
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price headache (Medicare DRG 103) anywhere from $4,743 to $51,211 — a $46,469 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 $30,267.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.