DRG 242 · Cardiovascular

Pacemaker Implant Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Placement of a small device under the skin of the chest that keeps the heartbeat steady, in patients who also have serious complicating conditions. The stay includes the procedure plus closer monitoring and treatment of those other problems.

State average
$110,348
gross charge · DRG 242
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$18,675 – $241,908
low to high
Lowest $18,675 Highest $241,908

Tennessee hospitals price pacemaker implant (Medicare DRG 242) anywhere from $18,675 to $241,908 — a $223,233 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room in Bristol; the most expensive is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester in Winchester. The state average sits at $110,348.

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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 242 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
    Gross charge $18,675
  2. 2

    Unity Medical Center

    Manchester, TN

    Gross charge $18,922
    Cash pay $15,138
  3. 3

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $43,787
    Cash pay $26,841
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,255
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    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $153,217
    Cash pay $33,708
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,849
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    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $185,577
    Cash pay $27,837
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,780
  6. 6
    Gross charge $241,908
    Cash pay $59,751
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    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $22,473
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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

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $23,069
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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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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    27 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $21,891
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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

    22 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $21,202
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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

    22 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $23,859
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    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $18,288
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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

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $19,637
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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    21 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $20,395
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    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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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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