Respiratory Infection Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
An infection or inflammation deep in the lungs, such as aspiration pneumonia or a lung abscess. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics, oxygen if needed, and monitoring of breathing.
State average
$47,449
gross charge · DRG 179
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$4,294 – $355,375
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,294 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 $4,294Cash pay $3,435 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $9,349Cash pay $5,731 - 3Gross charge $10,094Cash pay $2,958
- 4
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $11,758Cash pay $1,764 - 5
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $11,758Cash pay $1,764 - 6
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $11,758Cash pay $1,764 - 7
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $11,758Cash pay $1,764 - 8
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $11,758Cash pay $1,764 - 9
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $11,758Cash pay $1,764 - 10
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $11,758Cash pay $1,764 - 11
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $24,942Cash pay $4,889 - 12
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $30,739Cash pay $6,763 - 13
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $32,964Cash pay $8,208 - 14
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $76,003Cash pay $24,777 - 15
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $76,003Cash pay $24,777 - 16
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $76,003Cash pay $24,777 - 17Gross charge $76,003Cash pay $24,777
- 18
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $355,375Cash pay $53,306 - 19
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 21
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 27
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 34
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 42
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 52
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 54
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 179) anywhere from $4,294 to $355,375 — a $351,081 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. The state average sits at $47,449.
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 infection 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 infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 179 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.