Heart Failure Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$37,704
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$7,279 – $58,655
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $7,279Cash pay $5,823 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $21,374Cash pay $13,102Medicare pays (avg) $7,645 - 3
Henderson County Community Hospital
Lexington, TN
Gross charge $25,430Cash pay $15,258 - 4
Haywood County Community Hospital
Brownsville, TN
Gross charge $25,430Cash pay $15,258 - 5Gross charge $28,324Cash pay $8,299Medicare pays (avg) $9,162
- 6
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $31,862Cash pay $7,870Medicare pays (avg) $8,297 - 7
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $33,249Cash pay $7,315Medicare pays (avg) $9,406 - 8
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $36,164Cash pay $5,425Medicare pays (avg) $7,574 - 9
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $40,123Cash pay $7,864Medicare pays (avg) $9,274 - 10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $50,720Cash pay $12,629Medicare pays (avg) $8,925 - 11
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $51,109Cash pay $7,666Medicare pays (avg) $7,740 - 12
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $51,949Cash pay $16,935Medicare pays (avg) $7,509 - 13
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $51,949Cash pay $16,935 - 14Gross charge $51,949Cash pay $16,935
- 15
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $58,655Cash pay $8,798Medicare pays (avg) $8,838 - 16
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,237 - 17
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,562 - 18
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,446 - 19
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,710 - 21
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,497 - 22
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,366 - 23
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,935 - 26Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,842
- 27
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,496 - 28
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,575 - 29
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,504 - 30
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,285 - 31Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,350
- 32
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,854 - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,335 - 34
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,364 - 35
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,501 - 36
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,986 - 37
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,576 - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 44
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,933 - 47
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,803 - 49
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,207 - 50
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,360 - 51
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,362 - 52
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,123 - 53
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,694 - 54
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,974
Tennessee hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 291) anywhere from $7,279 to $58,655 — a $51,377 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 $37,704.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.