Premature Newborn Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
State average
$19,212
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$4,431 – $185,486
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,431 at Cookeville Regional 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
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $4,431Cash pay $2,716 - 2Gross charge $5,529Cash pay $1,620
- 3
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $5,872Cash pay $1,914 - 4
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $5,872Cash pay $1,914 - 5
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $5,872Cash pay $1,914 - 6Gross charge $5,872Cash pay $1,914
- 7
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $6,644Cash pay $1,654 - 8
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $6,687Cash pay $1,471 - 9
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $9,493Cash pay $1,861 - 10
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $1,704 - 11
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $1,704 - 12
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $1,704 - 13
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $1,704 - 14
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $1,704 - 15
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $1,704 - 16
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $11,361Cash pay $1,704 - 17
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $20,481Cash pay $6,144 - 18
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $23,265Cash pay $18,612 - 19
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $185,486Cash pay $27,823 - 20
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 22
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 28
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 35
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 50
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price premature newborn (Medicare DRG 792) anywhere from $4,431 to $185,486 — a $181,055 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville; the most expensive is Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. The state average sits at $19,212.
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 792 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.