DRG 243 · Cardiovascular

Pacemaker Implant Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Placement of a small device under the skin of the chest that keeps the heartbeat from becoming too slow. The stay includes the implant procedure, heart rhythm monitoring, and a device check before discharge.

State average
$99,434
gross charge · DRG 243
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$12,567 – $134,131
low to high
Lowest $12,567 Highest $134,131

Tennessee hospitals price pacemaker implant (Medicare DRG 243) anywhere from $12,567 to $134,131 — a $121,564 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Methodist Hospitals of Memphis in Memphis. The state average sits at $99,434.

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 243 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 $12,567
    Cash pay $10,054
  2. 2

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,579
    Cash pay $19,971
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,061
  3. 3

    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $113,524
    Cash pay $17,029
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,833
  4. 4
    Gross charge $114,424
    Cash pay $17,164
  5. 5

    Holston Valley Medical Center

    Kingsport, TN

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $114,424
    Cash pay $17,164
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,966
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    Gross charge $114,424
    Cash pay $17,164
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    Greeneville Community Hospital

    Greeneville, TN

    Gross charge $114,424
    Cash pay $17,164
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    Gross charge $114,424
    Cash pay $17,164
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    Franklin Woods Community Hospital

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $114,424
    Cash pay $17,164
  10. 10

    Hancock County Hospital

    Sneedville, TN

    Gross charge $114,424
    Cash pay $17,164
  11. 11

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $134,131
    Cash pay $29,509
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,728
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    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,982
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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County

    Huntingdon, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,385
  17. 17

    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,454
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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

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,946
  24. 24

    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,940
  26. 26

    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,661
  27. 27

    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,483
  28. 28

    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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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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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,092
  36. 36

    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,867
  37. 37

    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

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