Mini-Stroke (TIA) Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), or "mini-stroke," in which blood flow to part of the brain is briefly blocked and stroke-like symptoms resolve on their own. The stay focuses on brain imaging, heart monitoring, and starting medications to prevent a future stroke.
State average
$32,379
gross charge · DRG 069
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$4,463 – $60,286
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,463 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 $4,463Cash pay $3,571 - 2
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $21,861Cash pay $7,127 - 3
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $21,861Cash pay $7,127 - 4
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $21,861Cash pay $7,127 - 5Gross charge $21,861Cash pay $7,127
- 6
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614Medicare pays (avg) $4,705 - 7
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614Medicare pays (avg) $4,338 - 8
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614 - 9
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614 - 10
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614 - 11
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614 - 12
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614 - 13
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $30,822Cash pay $9,247Medicare pays (avg) $5,590 - 14
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $31,020Cash pay $19,015Medicare pays (avg) $4,246 - 15
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $37,058Cash pay $5,559 - 16
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $38,613Cash pay $8,495Medicare pays (avg) $6,081 - 17
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $44,176Cash pay $6,626Medicare pays (avg) $5,152 - 18
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $44,963Cash pay $8,813 - 19Gross charge $53,408Cash pay $15,648
- 20
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $60,286Cash pay $15,011 - 21
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,540 - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 23
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,134 - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,079 - 27
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 29
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,869 - 35
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,899 - 36
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,313 - 37
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,458 - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,339 - 44
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,626 - 45
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,633 - 46
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,806 - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 54
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 56
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,345 - 57
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price mini-stroke (tia) (Medicare DRG 069) anywhere from $4,463 to $60,286 — a $55,823 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg in Lawrenceburg. The state average sits at $32,379.
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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 069 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.