DRG 270 · Cardiovascular

Major Heart & Vessel Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Major surgery on the heart or the body's largest blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm, in patients who also have serious complicating conditions. Recovery usually includes time in intensive care with close monitoring.

State average
$141,535
gross charge · DRG 270
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$28,634 – $307,728
low to high
Lowest $28,634 Highest $307,728

Tennessee hospitals price major heart & vessel surgery (Medicare DRG 270) anywhere from $28,634 to $307,728 — a $279,094 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 $141,535.

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 heart & vessel 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 heart & vessel 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 heart & vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 270 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 $28,634
    Cash pay $22,907
  2. 2

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $78,513
    Cash pay $48,128
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,770
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    Gross charge $85,521
    Cash pay $21,124
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    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $143,251
    Cash pay $31,515
    Medicare pays (avg) $38,202
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    Gross charge $153,649
    Cash pay $23,047
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    Starr Regional Medical Center Athens

    Athens, TN

    Gross charge $193,449
    Cash pay $37,916
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    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $307,728
    Cash pay $46,159
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    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $26,323
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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

    36 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $34,211
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    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

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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

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $25,486
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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    24 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $35,428
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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $32,000
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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

    24 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $36,578
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    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

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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

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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    31 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $32,244
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    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    28 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $33,634
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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $35,430
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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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