DRG 329 · Digestive

Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing a diseased section of bowel. The stay includes the surgery and several days of recovery while the digestive system starts working again.

State average
$131,424
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$25,615 – $252,170
low to high
Lowest $25,615 Highest $252,170

Tennessee hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 329) anywhere from $25,615 to $252,170 — a $226,555 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. The state average sits at $131,424.

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 329 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 $25,615
    Cash pay $20,492
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    Gross charge $75,400
    Cash pay $45,240
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    Gross charge $75,400
    Cash pay $45,240
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    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $94,614
    Cash pay $57,999
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,876
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    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    Gross charge $137,306
    Cash pay $20,596
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    Gross charge $139,358
    Cash pay $34,421
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    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    59 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $152,479
    Cash pay $33,545
    Medicare pays (avg) $32,455
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    Starr Regional Medical Center Athens

    Athens, TN

    Gross charge $175,272
    Cash pay $34,353
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    Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room

    Bristol, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $186,627
    Cash pay $27,994
    Medicare pays (avg) $27,840
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    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $252,170
    Cash pay $37,826
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    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

    28 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $34,616
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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County

    Huntingdon, TN

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    Roane Medical Center

    Harriman, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    65 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $45,373
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    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $30,812
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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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    Maury Regional Medical Center (Acute Care — Columbia)

    Columbia, TN

    16 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $26,988
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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    30 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $29,089
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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $25,029
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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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    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

    30 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $30,702
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    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    19 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $23,779
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    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

    39 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $28,971
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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $26,951
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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    40 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $24,179
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    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    42 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $27,858
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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

    17 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $27,907
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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Cumberland Medical Center

    Crossville, TN

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    Fort Loudoun Medical Center

    Lenoir City, TN

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