Heart Failure Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with complications, the most common cardiology admission in the U.S.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for heart failure. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–6 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient cardiac monitoring
- IV diuretics and other heart-failure medications during admission
- Echocardiogram and other cardiac imaging
- Routine labs (BNP, electrolytes, kidney function)
Usually billed separately
- Cardiologist and hospitalist professional fees (billed separately)
- Outpatient cardiology follow-up after discharge
- Cardiac rehab program (if indicated)
- Long-term medications (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, SGLT2 inhibitors)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does heart failure best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Heart-Failure Mortality (30-day)
How often patients admitted for heart failure survive 30 days. The headline outcome.
Heart-Failure Readmissions
Heart failure is the most-readmitted condition in U.S. hospitals. Lower means better discharge planning and outpatient care coordination.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Clear discharge communication on weight monitoring, fluid limits, and medication timing prevents many readmissions.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For heart failure, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- If you have advanced heart failure (low ejection fraction, prior hospitalizations), an advanced heart-failure program may be worth additional cost.
- If you're being considered for an LVAD or heart transplant, an academic medical center with a transplant program is typically the right setting.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians (cardiologist, hospitalist) be out-of-network?
- What outpatient cardiology follow-up is scheduled? Is it in-network?
- Is there a heart-failure transitions-of-care program at this hospital?
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,804 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 $4,804Cash pay $3,843 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $7,294Cash pay $4,471 - 3
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $14,144Cash pay $2,122 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $15,149Cash pay $3,333 - 5
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $25,072Cash pay $6,243 - 6
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $30,136Cash pay $4,520 - 7
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $33,243Cash pay $8,211 - 8Gross charge $44,663Cash pay $13,086
- 9
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $47,080Cash pay $9,228 - 10
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $48,427Cash pay $7,264 - 11
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $59,563Cash pay $19,418 - 12
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $59,563Cash pay $19,418 - 13Gross charge $59,563Cash pay $19,418
- 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 17
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 21
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,426
- 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,566 - 26
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,882 - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 33
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 42
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 52
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,929
Tennessee hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 292) anywhere from $4,804 to $59,563 — a $54,759 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas in Carthage. The state average sits at $34,516.
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 292 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.