Prolonged Ventilator Support Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A serious lung or breathing condition that requires a mechanical ventilator (breathing machine) for more than four days. This involves intensive care with continuous monitoring and breathing support.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $36,077Cash pay $28,861 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $115,510Cash pay $70,808 - 3
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $174,196Cash pay $26,129 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $210,687Cash pay $46,351Medicare pays (avg) $44,412 - 5
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $240,124Cash pay $36,019 - 6
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $298,932Cash pay $58,591 - 7
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $396,670Cash pay $98,771 - 8
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $40,944 - 9
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 10
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 11
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 12
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 13
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 15
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
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Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 20
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 28
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 37
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 46
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price prolonged ventilator support (Medicare DRG 207) anywhere from $36,077 to $396,670 — a $360,594 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg in Lawrenceburg. The state average sits at $210,314.
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 prolonged ventilator support 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 prolonged ventilator support 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 prolonged ventilator support in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 207 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.