Premature Newborn Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a baby born early who has serious medical problems, such as trouble breathing or feeding. The stay involves specialized newborn intensive care with warming, breathing support, and feeding help.
State average
$25,884
gross charge · DRG 791
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$4,479 – $134,386
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,479 at Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski) 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
- 1Gross charge $4,479Cash pay $1,312
- 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $8,104Cash pay $4,968 - 3
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $10,589Cash pay $2,637 - 4
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $11,939Cash pay $2,340 - 5
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $12,700Cash pay $3,137 - 6
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $13,665Cash pay $10,932 - 7
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $15,379Cash pay $5,013 - 8
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $15,379Cash pay $5,013 - 9Gross charge $15,379Cash pay $5,013
- 10
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $15,421Cash pay $2,313 - 11
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $53,185Cash pay $11,701 - 12
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $134,386Cash pay $20,158 - 13
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 16
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 20
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 25
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 39
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 48
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price premature newborn (Medicare DRG 791) anywhere from $4,479 to $134,386 — a $129,907 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski in Pulaski; the most expensive is Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. The state average sits at $25,884.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Tennessee, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 791 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.