Viral Illness Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
An illness caused by a virus, such as a severe flu-like infection, that needs inpatient care. Treatment usually involves fluids, medication to ease symptoms, and monitoring until the illness improves.
State average
$31,843
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$4,936 – $50,124
low to high
Data notes for Tennessee
- The lowest published charge ($4,936 at Unity Medical Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $4,936Cash pay $3,949 - 2
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $14,557Cash pay $8,924 - 3
Johnson City Medical Center
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $16,131Cash pay $2,420 - 4
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $21,951Cash pay $6,585 - 5
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $23,059Cash pay $5,073 - 6
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
Elizabethton, TN
Gross charge $27,108Cash pay $4,066 - 7
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $31,738Cash pay $10,347 - 8
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $31,738Cash pay $10,347 - 9
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $31,738Cash pay $10,347 - 10Gross charge $31,738Cash pay $10,347
- 11
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Athens, TN
Gross charge $32,778Cash pay $6,425 - 12
Bristol Regional Medical Center: Emergency Room
Bristol, TN
Gross charge $41,060Cash pay $6,159 - 13
Holston Valley Medical Center
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $41,060Cash pay $6,159 - 14
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
Rogersville, TN
Gross charge $41,060Cash pay $6,159 - 15
Greeneville Community Hospital
Greeneville, TN
Gross charge $41,060Cash pay $6,159 - 16
Indian Path Community Hospital
Kingsport, TN
Gross charge $41,060Cash pay $6,159 - 17
Franklin Woods Community Hospital
Johnson City, TN
Gross charge $41,060Cash pay $6,159 - 18
Hancock County Hospital
Sneedville, TN
Gross charge $41,060Cash pay $6,159 - 19
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $50,124Cash pay $12,481 - 20
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 22
LaFollette Medical Center
La Follette, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 28
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 29
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 30
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 35
North Knoxville Medical Center
Powell, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 42
Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 43
TriStar Centennial Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 44
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 45
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health
Cleveland, TN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 47
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, TN
Gross charge — - 48
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 52
Maury Regional Medical Center (Critical Access)
Lewisburg, TN
Gross charge — - 53
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 54
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge — - 55
Erlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 56
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital
Pikeville, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price viral illness (Medicare DRG 866) anywhere from $4,936 to $50,124 — a $45,188 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 Lawrenceburg in Lawrenceburg. The state average sits at $31,843.
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 viral illness 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 viral illness 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 viral illness in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 866 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.