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
$34,918
gross charge · DRG 069
Hospitals
13
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
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $21,861Cash pay $7,127 - 4Gross charge $21,861Cash pay $7,127
- 5
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $30,760Cash pay $4,614Medicare pays (avg) $4,705 - 6
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $31,020Cash pay $19,015Medicare pays (avg) $4,246 - 7
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $37,058Cash pay $5,559 - 8
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $38,613Cash pay $8,495Medicare pays (avg) $6,081 - 9
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $43,601Cash pay $10,770 - 10
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $44,176Cash pay $6,626Medicare pays (avg) $5,152 - 11
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $44,963Cash pay $8,813 - 12Gross charge $53,408Cash pay $15,648
- 13
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $60,286Cash pay $15,011 - 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,540 - 15
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 17
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,134 - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,079 - 20
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 21
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,869 - 26
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,313 - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,626 - 33
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,633 - 34
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,806 - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 41
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,345 - 44
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,458 - 49
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,899 - 50
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,590 - 51
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,339 - 52
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,162 - 54
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, 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 $34,918.
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.