Respiratory Failure Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$38,677
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$6,903 – $78,580
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $6,903Cash pay $5,522 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $19,968Cash pay $12,240Medicare pays (avg) $7,029 - 3
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $28,034Cash pay $9,139Medicare pays (avg) $7,263 - 4
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $28,034Cash pay $9,139 - 5Gross charge $28,034Cash pay $9,139
- 6
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $29,135Cash pay $7,196Medicare pays (avg) $8,750 - 7Gross charge $33,310Cash pay $9,760
- 8
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $37,757Cash pay $8,307Medicare pays (avg) $8,915 - 9
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $38,451Cash pay $5,768 - 10
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $50,058Cash pay $7,509Medicare pays (avg) $8,381 - 11
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $60,169Cash pay $9,025Medicare pays (avg) $7,220 - 12
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $64,376Cash pay $12,618 - 13
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $78,580Cash pay $19,566 - 14
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,837 - 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) $7,679 - 19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,236 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $7,828 - 23
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,117 - 24Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,127
- 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,382 - 26
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,615 - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,607 - 29Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,179
- 30
Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,462 - 33
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,761 - 35
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,813 - 36
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,285 - 37
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,923 - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 44
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,383 - 47
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,123 - 49
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,120 - 51
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,910 - 52
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,383 - 53
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,316 - 54
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price respiratory failure (Medicare DRG 189) anywhere from $6,903 to $78,580 — a $71,677 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 $38,677.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.