Neck Fusion & Other Back Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to join (fuse) bones in the neck, or other operations on the back or neck, not including disc removal or nerve decompression. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
State average
$157,387
gross charge · DRG 321
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$15,881 – $206,017
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $15,881Cash pay $12,704 - 2
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $78,327Cash pay $23,498Medicare pays (avg) $19,336 - 3
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $86,030Cash pay $52,736Medicare pays (avg) $16,652 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $131,151Cash pay $28,853Medicare pays (avg) $19,785 - 5
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $143,558Cash pay $21,534Medicare pays (avg) $18,948 - 6
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $148,965Cash pay $29,197 - 7
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $206,017Cash pay $30,903Medicare pays (avg) $15,831 - 8
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $206,017Cash pay $30,903Medicare pays (avg) $19,030 - 9
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $206,017Cash pay $30,903 - 10
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $206,017Cash pay $30,903 - 11
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $206,017Cash pay $30,903 - 12
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $206,017Cash pay $30,903 - 13
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $206,017Cash pay $30,903 - 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,468 - 15
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 16
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,860 - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,504 - 20
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 22
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,844
- 26
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,121 - 28
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,537 - 29
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,920 - 30
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,297 - 37
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,008 - 38
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,309 - 39
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,957 - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 47
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price neck fusion & other back surgery (Medicare DRG 321) anywhere from $15,881 to $206,017 — a $190,136 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Hancock County Hospital in Sneedville. The state average sits at $157,387.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 neck fusion & other back surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling neck fusion & other back surgery in Tennessee, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 neck fusion & other back surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 321 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.