Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, causing chest pain and shortness of breath. The hospital stay involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen if needed, and monitoring while the clot stabilizes.
State average
$31,781
gross charge · DRG 176
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$4,544 – $51,088
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,544 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 $4,544Cash pay $3,635 - 2
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $16,182Cash pay $4,855Medicare pays (avg) $5,518 - 3
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $20,608Cash pay $12,633 - 4
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $21,979Cash pay $3,297 - 5
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $28,748Cash pay $6,325Medicare pays (avg) $5,848 - 6
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $29,171Cash pay $4,376Medicare pays (avg) $5,113 - 7
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $29,171Cash pay $4,376Medicare pays (avg) $5,110 - 8
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $29,171Cash pay $4,376 - 9
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $29,171Cash pay $4,376 - 10
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $29,171Cash pay $4,376 - 11
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $29,171Cash pay $4,376 - 12
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $29,171Cash pay $4,376 - 13
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $31,183Cash pay $6,112 - 14
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $31,707Cash pay $4,756Medicare pays (avg) $5,495 - 15
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $33,526Cash pay $8,348 - 16Gross charge $38,608Cash pay $11,312
- 17
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $51,088Cash pay $16,655 - 18
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $51,088Cash pay $16,655 - 19
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $51,088Cash pay $16,655 - 20Gross charge $51,088Cash pay $16,655
- 21
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,643 - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 23
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,083 - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,317 - 27
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 29
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,908
- 33
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,971 - 35
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 36
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,367 - 44
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,474 - 45
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 54
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 56
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,854 - 57
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price pulmonary embolism (Medicare DRG 176) anywhere from $4,544 to $51,088 — a $46,544 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 $31,781.
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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 176 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.