DRG 326 · Digestive

Stomach & Esophagus Surgery Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on the stomach, esophagus, or the first part of the small intestine, for example to remove a growth or repair damage. The stay includes the operation, a gradual return to eating, and close monitoring.

State average
$120,117
gross charge · DRG 326
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$28,333 – $296,151
low to high
Lowest $28,333 Highest $296,151

Tennessee hospitals price stomach & esophagus surgery (Medicare DRG 326) anywhere from $28,333 to $296,151 — a $267,819 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 $120,117.

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 326 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 $28,333
    Cash pay $22,666
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    Gross charge $36,077
    Cash pay $21,646
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    Gross charge $36,077
    Cash pay $21,646
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    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $90,184
    Cash pay $55,283
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    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $138,184
    Cash pay $30,400
    Medicare pays (avg) $37,521
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    Gross charge $215,814
    Cash pay $32,372
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    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $296,151
    Cash pay $44,423
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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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    Roane Medical Center

    Harriman, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    29 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $30,322
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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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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $31,319
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    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, 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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    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $50,326
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    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $36,007
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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

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    University Health System, Inc

    Knoxville, TN

    14 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $33,111
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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Cumberland Medical Center

    Crossville, TN

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    Fort Loudoun Medical Center

    Lenoir City, TN

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