Sepsis Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$48,173
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$10,945 – $105,439
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $10,945Cash pay $8,756Medicare pays (avg) $15,958 - 2
Johnson County Community Hospital
Mountain City, TN
Gross charge $13,429Cash pay $3,089 - 3
Henderson County Community Hospital
Lexington, TN
Gross charge $31,561Cash pay $18,937 - 4
Haywood County Community Hospital
Brownsville, TN
Gross charge $31,561Cash pay $18,937 - 5
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $32,918Cash pay $20,179Medicare pays (avg) $12,014 - 6
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $44,293Cash pay $14,439Medicare pays (avg) $11,118 - 7
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $44,293Cash pay $14,439 - 8Gross charge $44,293Cash pay $14,439
- 9
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $52,885Cash pay $7,933Medicare pays (avg) $10,034 - 10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $52,988Cash pay $13,088Medicare pays (avg) $12,567 - 11
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $53,405Cash pay $10,467Medicare pays (avg) $12,863 - 12
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $54,743Cash pay $12,044Medicare pays (avg) $13,991 - 13Gross charge $55,883Cash pay $16,374Medicare pays (avg) $14,511
- 14
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $59,538Cash pay $14,825Medicare pays (avg) $12,383 - 15
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $82,592Cash pay $12,389Medicare pays (avg) $11,456 - 16
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $105,439Cash pay $15,816Medicare pays (avg) $12,402 - 17
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,221 - 18
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,949 - 19
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,406 - 20
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,255 - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,150 - 22
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,881 - 23
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,737 - 24
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,293 - 25
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,808 - 26
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,380 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,047
- 28
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,285 - 29
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,338 - 30
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,133 - 31
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,931 - 32Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,100
- 33
Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,569 - 36
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,957 - 37
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,442 - 38
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,468 - 39
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,623 - 40
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,829 - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,999 - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 47
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,517 - 50
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,086 - 52
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,924 - 53
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,368 - 54
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,921 - 55
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,884 - 56
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,685 - 57
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,481
Tennessee hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $10,945 to $105,439 — a $94,493 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 $48,173.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.