Kidney Failure Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
The kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and fluid from the blood, either suddenly or as a worsening of chronic disease. Treatment typically involves IV fluids, adjusting medications, and frequent lab tests to track kidney function.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $5,044Cash pay $1,644 - 2
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $5,044Cash pay $1,644 - 3Gross charge $5,044Cash pay $1,644
- 4
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $10,309Cash pay $6,319 - 5
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $10,519Cash pay $8,415 - 6
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $16,007Cash pay $2,401 - 7
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $18,166Cash pay $3,997 - 8
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $18,741Cash pay $2,811 - 9Gross charge $23,334Cash pay $6,837
- 10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $32,376Cash pay $8,062 - 11
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $32,388Cash pay $4,858 - 12
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $37,470Cash pay $9,255 - 13
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $42,452Cash pay $8,321 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $3,042 - 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 —
- 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 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
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 41
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 50
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 54
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price kidney failure (Medicare DRG 684) anywhere from $5,044 to $42,452 — a $37,409 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas in Gallatin; the most expensive is Starr Regional Medical Center Athens in Athens. The state average sits at $19,761.
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 kidney 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 kidney 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 kidney failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 684 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.