Kidney & Ureter Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the kidney or ureter for a non-cancerous problem, such as removing large stones or relieving a blockage. The stay covers the surgery and monitoring of kidney function during recovery.
State average
$45,628
gross charge · DRG 660
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$5,727 – $87,154
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $5,727Cash pay $4,581 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $28,401Cash pay $17,410Medicare pays (avg) $7,212 - 3
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $31,264Cash pay $6,128 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $38,779Cash pay $8,531Medicare pays (avg) $10,038 - 5
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $44,439Cash pay $6,666 - 6
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $50,494Cash pay $7,574Medicare pays (avg) $7,976 - 7
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $78,765Cash pay $19,612 - 8
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $87,154Cash pay $21,527 - 9
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,552 - 10
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 11
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 12
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 13
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,822 - 15
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 16
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,638
- 20
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,416 - 21
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,985 - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,739 - 29
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 36
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,671 - 39
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,637 - 44
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,912 - 45
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,156 - 46
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price kidney & ureter surgery (Medicare DRG 660) anywhere from $5,727 to $87,154 — a $81,427 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester in Winchester. The state average sits at $45,628.
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 & ureter 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 kidney & ureter 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 kidney & ureter surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 660 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.