Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $78,823Cash pay $63,058 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $161,832Cash pay $99,203 - 3
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $320,785Cash pay $48,118 - 4
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $328,236Cash pay $72,212Medicare pays (avg) $71,390 - 5
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $651,953Cash pay $97,793 - 6
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $651,953Cash pay $97,793 - 7
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $651,953Cash pay $97,793 - 8
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $651,953Cash pay $97,793 - 9
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $651,953Cash pay $97,793 - 10
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $651,953Cash pay $97,793 - 11
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $651,953Cash pay $97,793 - 12
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $99,019 - 13
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 14
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $71,748 - 17
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 19
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 20
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 27
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 35
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 40
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 43
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 45
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price tracheostomy with long-term ventilation (Medicare DRG 004) anywhere from $78,823 to $651,953 — a $573,130 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 $495,759.
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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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.