DRG 328 · Digestive

Stomach & Esophagus Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on the stomach, esophagus, or the first part of the small intestine, such as repairing a hiatal hernia or treating severe reflux. The stay includes the operation and a gradual return to eating as the digestive tract heals.

State average
$78,716
gross charge · DRG 328
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$8,889 – $122,061
low to high
Lowest $8,889 Highest $122,061

Tennessee hospitals price stomach & esophagus surgery (Medicare DRG 328) anywhere from $8,889 to $122,061 — a $113,172 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Starr Regional Medical Center Athens in Athens. The state average sits at $78,716.

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 stomach & esophagus surgery 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 stomach & esophagus surgery 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 stomach & esophagus surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 328 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 $8,889
    Cash pay $7,111
  2. 2

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $47,112
    Cash pay $28,880
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    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    Gross charge $49,312
    Cash pay $14,794
  4. 4

    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $68,066
    Cash pay $10,210
  5. 5

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    Gross charge $70,303
    Cash pay $15,467
  6. 6
    Gross charge $93,939
    Cash pay $14,091
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    Holston Valley Medical Center

    Kingsport, TN

    Gross charge $93,939
    Cash pay $14,091
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    Gross charge $93,939
    Cash pay $14,091
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    Greeneville Community Hospital

    Greeneville, TN

    Gross charge $93,939
    Cash pay $14,091
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    Gross charge $93,939
    Cash pay $14,091
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    Franklin Woods Community Hospital

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $93,939
    Cash pay $14,091
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    Hancock County Hospital

    Sneedville, TN

    Gross charge $93,939
    Cash pay $14,091
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    Starr Regional Medical Center Athens

    Athens, TN

    Gross charge $122,061
    Cash pay $23,924
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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

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $9,532
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    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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    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $9,417
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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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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

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    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    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

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $12,344
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