Pneumonia Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy without major complications.
State average
$24,397
gross charge · DRG 195
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$3,474 – $44,277
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($3,474 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 $3,474Cash pay $2,779 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $10,852Cash pay $6,652 - 3
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $15,216Cash pay $2,282 - 4
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $15,865Cash pay $2,380 - 5
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $15,907Cash pay $3,929 - 6
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $17,954Cash pay $3,519 - 7
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $23,369Cash pay $5,141 - 8Gross charge $23,720Cash pay $6,950
- 9
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $27,187Cash pay $4,078 - 10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $30,785Cash pay $7,666 - 11
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $44,277Cash pay $14,434 - 12
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $44,277Cash pay $14,434 - 13Gross charge $44,277Cash pay $14,434
- 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 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) $3,098 - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 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 — - 26
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 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
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 33
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 42
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 52
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price pneumonia (Medicare DRG 195) anywhere from $3,474 to $44,277 — a $40,803 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas in Carthage. The state average sits at $24,397.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 195 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.