DRG 483 · Musculoskeletal

Shoulder & Arm Joint Replacement Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery to replace a major joint in the shoulder, elbow, or wrist — most often a total shoulder replacement — or to reattach part of an arm. The hospital stay covers the operation, pain control, and early physical therapy.

State average
$108,124
gross charge · DRG 483
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$17,959 – $139,380
low to high
Lowest $17,959 Highest $139,380

Tennessee hospitals price shoulder & arm joint replacement (Medicare DRG 483) anywhere from $17,959 to $139,380 — a $121,422 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Hancock County Hospital in Sneedville. The state average sits at $108,124.

Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 shoulder & arm joint replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling shoulder & arm joint replacement in Tennessee, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 shoulder & arm joint replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 483 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Unity Medical Center

    Manchester, TN

    Gross charge $17,959
    Cash pay $14,367
  2. 2

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $50,793
    Cash pay $31,136
  3. 3
    Gross charge $80,468
    Cash pay $26,232
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    Gross charge $80,468
    Cash pay $26,232
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    Gross charge $80,468
    Cash pay $26,232
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    Gross charge $80,468
    Cash pay $26,232
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    Gross charge $97,667
    Cash pay $24,319
  8. 8

    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    Gross charge $106,332
    Cash pay $31,900
  9. 9

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    Gross charge $112,039
    Cash pay $24,648
  10. 10

    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $125,886
    Cash pay $18,883
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    Sycamore Shoals Hospital

    Elizabethton, TN

    Gross charge $138,019
    Cash pay $20,703
  12. 12
    Gross charge $139,380
    Cash pay $20,907
  13. 13

    Holston Valley Medical Center

    Kingsport, TN

    Gross charge $139,380
    Cash pay $20,907
  14. 14
    Gross charge $139,380
    Cash pay $20,907
  15. 15

    Greeneville Community Hospital

    Greeneville, TN

    Gross charge $139,380
    Cash pay $20,907
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    Gross charge $139,380
    Cash pay $20,907
  17. 17

    Franklin Woods Community Hospital

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $139,380
    Cash pay $20,907
  18. 18

    Hancock County Hospital

    Sneedville, TN

    Gross charge $139,380
    Cash pay $20,907
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    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County

    Huntingdon, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    39 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $15,601
  24. 24

    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

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    Jefferson Memorial Hospital

    Jefferson City, TN

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    Volunteer Community Hospital

    Martin, TN

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    Dyersburg Regional Medical Center

    Dyersburg, TN

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    Maury Regional Medical Center (Acute Care — Columbia)

    Columbia, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,480
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    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,596
  33. 33

    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,291
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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City

    Union City, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton

    Covington, TN

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    Dekalb Community Hospital

    Smithville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas River Park

    Mcminnville, TN

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  41. 41

    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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  42. 42

    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

    49 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $16,884
  43. 43

    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,273
  44. 44

    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

    36 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $18,361
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