Stroke Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.
State average
$34,051
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$5,673 – $62,769
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $5,673Cash pay $4,538 - 2
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $9,807Cash pay $3,197 - 3
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $9,807Cash pay $3,197 - 4
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $9,807Cash pay $3,197 - 5Gross charge $9,807Cash pay $3,197
- 6
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $30,850Cash pay $18,911Medicare pays (avg) $5,538 - 7
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $33,171Cash pay $9,951Medicare pays (avg) $7,175 - 8
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $36,938Cash pay $5,541 - 9
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $38,721Cash pay $5,808Medicare pays (avg) $5,716 - 10
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $38,721Cash pay $5,808Medicare pays (avg) $6,095 - 11
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $38,721Cash pay $5,808 - 12
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $38,721Cash pay $5,808Medicare pays (avg) $5,661 - 13
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $38,721Cash pay $5,808 - 14
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $38,721Cash pay $5,808 - 15
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $38,721Cash pay $5,808 - 16
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $44,250Cash pay $11,018 - 17
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $44,524Cash pay $9,795Medicare pays (avg) $7,007 - 18
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $52,859Cash pay $7,929Medicare pays (avg) $6,403 - 19
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $59,700Cash pay $11,701 - 20Gross charge $62,769Cash pay $18,391
- 21
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,937 - 22
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 23
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,888 - 25
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,420 - 26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,710 - 27
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 29
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,978
- 33
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,599 - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,314 - 35
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,727 - 36
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,596 - 37
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,858 - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Memphis VA Medical Center
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Regional One Health
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,343 - 46
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,449 - 47
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,319 - 48
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,697 - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 53
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 54
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 56
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 57
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 58
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,159 - 59
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 065) anywhere from $5,673 to $62,769 — a $57,097 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski in Pulaski. The state average sits at $34,051.
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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.