Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, diverticulitis, or a blockage. The stay includes the operation followed by several days of recovery in the hospital while the bowel starts working again.
State average
$122,181
gross charge · DRG 330
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$13,186 – $189,856
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $13,186Cash pay $10,549 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $54,834Cash pay $33,613 - 3
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $75,377Cash pay $22,613Medicare pays (avg) $15,022 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $86,046Cash pay $18,930Medicare pays (avg) $15,792 - 5
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $99,971Cash pay $14,996 - 6
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $111,391Cash pay $16,709Medicare pays (avg) $15,285 - 7
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $111,391Cash pay $16,709Medicare pays (avg) $15,320 - 8
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $111,391Cash pay $16,709 - 9
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $111,391Cash pay $16,709 - 10
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $111,391Cash pay $16,709 - 11
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $111,391Cash pay $16,709Medicare pays (avg) $12,676 - 12
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $111,391Cash pay $16,709 - 13
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $124,322Cash pay $18,648 - 14
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $161,926Cash pay $31,738 - 15
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $166,614Cash pay $41,487 - 16
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $189,856Cash pay $61,893 - 17
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $189,856Cash pay $61,893 - 18
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $189,856Cash pay $61,893 - 19Gross charge $189,856Cash pay $61,893
- 20
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,329 - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 22
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,954 - 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,597 - 26
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 28
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,113
- 32
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,267 - 34
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,381 - 35
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,313 - 36
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,301 - 37
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,286
- 40
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 43
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,780 - 44
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,823 - 45
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 53
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 54
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,995 - 56
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 330) anywhere from $13,186 to $189,856 — a $176,671 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas in Carthage. The state average sits at $122,181.
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 330 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.