Major Chest Injury Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay after a significant chest injury, such as broken ribs or a bruised lung from a fall or crash, in patients without other complicating conditions. Care focuses on pain control, help with breathing, and monitoring.
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,338 at Unity Medical Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $4,338Cash pay $3,471 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $12,716Cash pay $7,795 - 3
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $18,693Cash pay $4,112 - 4
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $26,898Cash pay $4,035 - 5
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $33,834Cash pay $11,030 - 6
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $33,834Cash pay $11,030 - 7Gross charge $33,834Cash pay $11,030
- 8
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $37,279Cash pay $5,592 - 9
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $54,032Cash pay $10,590 - 10
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 11
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 12
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 13
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 17
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 22
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 28
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 37
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 46
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price major chest injury (Medicare DRG 185) anywhere from $4,338 to $54,032 — a $49,694 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 $28,384.
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 chest injury 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 chest injury 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 chest injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 185 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.