DRG 486 · Musculoskeletal

Knee Surgery for Infection Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

An operation to treat an infected knee joint, often by washing out the joint or removing infected tissue. The stay includes the surgery and IV antibiotics.

State average
$92,702
gross charge · DRG 486
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$8,815 – $163,262
low to high
Lowest $8,815 Highest $163,262

Tennessee hospitals price knee surgery for infection (Medicare DRG 486) anywhere from $8,815 to $163,262 — a $154,447 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville. The state average sits at $92,702.

Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 knee surgery for infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling knee surgery for infection in Tennessee, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 knee surgery for infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 486 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Unity Medical Center

    Manchester, TN

    Gross charge $8,815
    Cash pay $7,052
  2. 2

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    Gross charge $56,788
    Cash pay $12,493
  3. 3
    Gross charge $65,852
    Cash pay $19,295
  4. 4

    Starr Regional Medical Center Athens

    Athens, TN

    Gross charge $70,565
    Cash pay $13,831
  5. 5

    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $82,707
    Cash pay $12,406
  6. 6

    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    Gross charge $92,280
    Cash pay $13,842
  7. 7
    Gross charge $104,138
    Cash pay $15,621
  8. 8

    Holston Valley Medical Center

    Kingsport, TN

    Gross charge $104,138
    Cash pay $15,621
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    Gross charge $104,138
    Cash pay $15,621
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    Greeneville Community Hospital

    Greeneville, TN

    Gross charge $104,138
    Cash pay $15,621
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    Gross charge $104,138
    Cash pay $15,621
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    Franklin Woods Community Hospital

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $104,138
    Cash pay $15,621
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    Hancock County Hospital

    Sneedville, TN

    Gross charge $104,138
    Cash pay $15,621
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    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    Gross charge $121,292
    Cash pay $36,388
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    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $163,262
    Cash pay $100,080
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    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County

    Huntingdon, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

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    Jefferson Memorial Hospital

    Jefferson City, TN

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    Volunteer Community Hospital

    Martin, TN

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    Dyersburg Regional Medical Center

    Dyersburg, TN

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    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City

    Union City, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton

    Covington, TN

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    Dekalb Community Hospital

    Smithville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas River Park

    Mcminnville, TN

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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

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    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

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