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
$150,633
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$25,615 – $252,170
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $25,615Cash pay $20,492 - 2
Henderson County Community Hospital
Lexington, TN
Gross charge $75,400Cash pay $45,240 - 3
Haywood County Community Hospital
Brownsville, TN
Gross charge $75,400Cash pay $45,240 - 4
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $94,614Cash pay $57,999Medicare pays (avg) $27,876 - 5
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $115,479Cash pay $34,644Medicare pays (avg) $27,858 - 6
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $137,306Cash pay $20,596 - 7
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $152,479Cash pay $33,545Medicare pays (avg) $32,455 - 8
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $175,272Cash pay $34,353 - 9
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $186,627Cash pay $27,994Medicare pays (avg) $27,840 - 10
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $186,627Cash pay $27,994Medicare pays (avg) $27,298 - 11
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $186,627Cash pay $27,994 - 12
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $186,627Cash pay $27,994 - 13
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $186,627Cash pay $27,994 - 14
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $186,627Cash pay $27,994 - 15
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $186,627Cash pay $27,994 - 16
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $252,170Cash pay $37,826 - 17
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,616 - 18
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 19
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $45,373 - 22
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,812 - 23
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 25
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,988
- 29
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,089 - 31
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $24,179 - 32
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,029 - 33
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,951 - 34
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,907 - 40
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,702 - 41
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $23,779 - 42
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 50
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,971 - 53
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
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 $150,633.
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.