Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$140,164
gross charge · DRG 853
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$27,899 – $253,748
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $27,899Cash pay $22,319 - 2
Henderson County Community Hospital
Lexington, TN
Gross charge $71,459Cash pay $42,875 - 3
Haywood County Community Hospital
Brownsville, TN
Gross charge $71,459Cash pay $42,875 - 4Gross charge $75,434Cash pay $22,102
- 5
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $87,637Cash pay $53,722Medicare pays (avg) $31,190 - 6
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $117,652Cash pay $17,648 - 7
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $127,657Cash pay $41,616Medicare pays (avg) $27,195 - 8
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $127,657Cash pay $41,616 - 9
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $127,657Cash pay $41,616 - 10Gross charge $127,657Cash pay $41,616
- 11
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $143,756Cash pay $43,127Medicare pays (avg) $32,789 - 12
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $145,441Cash pay $28,506 - 13
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $154,196Cash pay $33,923Medicare pays (avg) $35,999 - 14
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $170,930Cash pay $42,562 - 15
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $179,052Cash pay $26,858Medicare pays (avg) $33,366 - 16
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $179,052Cash pay $26,858Medicare pays (avg) $28,857 - 17
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $179,052Cash pay $26,858 - 18
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $179,052Cash pay $26,858Medicare pays (avg) $26,441 - 19
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $179,052Cash pay $26,858 - 20
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $179,052Cash pay $26,858Medicare pays (avg) $25,043 - 21
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $179,052Cash pay $26,858 - 22
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $253,748Cash pay $38,062Medicare pays (avg) $33,829 - 23
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,128 - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 25
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,316 - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,265 - 28
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $33,695 - 29
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 31
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,921
- 35
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,578 - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,415 - 37
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,077 - 38
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,324 - 39
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,296 - 40
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
- 43
Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $48,695 - 47
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,465 - 48
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,201 - 49
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,014 - 50
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,168 - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,556 - 53
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 54
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 56
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 57
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 58
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 59
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 60
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $37,462 - 61
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price infection requiring surgery (Medicare DRG 853) anywhere from $27,899 to $253,748 — a $225,849 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 $140,164.
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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.