Major Chest Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, most often removing part of a lung for cancer or other disease, in patients with serious complicating conditions. Recovery typically involves chest tubes, breathing exercises, and several days in the hospital.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $25,712Cash pay $20,570 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $87,833Cash pay $53,842Medicare pays (avg) $28,275 - 3
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $121,239Cash pay $26,673Medicare pays (avg) $29,670 - 4
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $200,520Cash pay $30,078 - 5
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $238,257Cash pay $35,739 - 6
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,979 - 7
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 8
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 9
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 10
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,041 - 11
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,765 - 12
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 13
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
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Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,499 - 18
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,284 - 19
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 24
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,733 - 25
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $23,618 - 26
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 33
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,174 - 41
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,539 - 42
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,125 - 43
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price major chest surgery (Medicare DRG 163) anywhere from $25,712 to $238,257 — a $212,545 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 $134,712.
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 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 chest 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 chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 163 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.