Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, polyps, or diverticular disease. This version covers patients with an otherwise uncomplicated recovery focused on pain control and getting the bowel working again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $9,210Cash pay $7,368 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $48,519Cash pay $29,742 - 3
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $56,252Cash pay $12,375Medicare pays (avg) $10,748 - 4
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $57,517Cash pay $8,628 - 5
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $72,648Cash pay $10,897 - 6
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $88,463Cash pay $21,850 - 7
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $91,509Cash pay $13,726Medicare pays (avg) $8,646 - 8
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $188,144Cash pay $36,876 - 9
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,376 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $8,720 - 14
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,135 - 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) $9,088
- 20
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,596 - 21
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $11,108 - 28
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,015 - 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) $11,962 - 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) $8,951 - 44
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,435 - 45
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,971 - 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 major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 331) anywhere from $9,210 to $188,144 — a $178,934 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Starr Regional Medical Center Athens in Athens. The state average sits at $76,533.
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 major bowel 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 major bowel 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 331 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.