Medical Back Problems Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.
State average
$23,964
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$7,285 – $39,026
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Unity Medical Center
Manchester, TN
Gross charge $7,285Cash pay $5,828 - 2
Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas
Gallatin, TN
Gross charge $18,994Cash pay $6,192 - 3
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Winchester
Winchester, TN
Gross charge $18,994Cash pay $6,192 - 4
Highpoint Health-Trousdale With Ascension Saint
Hartsville, TN
Gross charge $18,994Cash pay $6,192 - 5Gross charge $18,994Cash pay $6,192
- 6
Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, TN
Gross charge $22,335Cash pay $13,691 - 7
University Health System, Inc
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge $28,206Cash pay $8,462 - 8Gross charge $29,254Cash pay $8,571
- 9
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge $37,556Cash pay $8,262 - 10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg, TN
Gross charge $39,026Cash pay $9,718 - 11
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, TN
Gross charge — - 12
Cumberland Medical Center
Crossville, TN
Gross charge — - 13
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County
Huntingdon, TN
Gross charge — - 14
Roane Medical Center
Harriman, TN
Gross charge — - 15
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, TN
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Memphis, TN
Gross charge — - 17
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
Murfreesboro, TN
Gross charge — - 18
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
Gross charge — - 19
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital
Milan, TN
Gross charge — - 20
Volunteer Community Hospital
Martin, TN
Gross charge — - 21
Dyersburg Regional Medical Center
Dyersburg, TN
Gross charge — - 22
Leconte Medical Center
Sevierville, TN
Gross charge — - 23
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 24
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc
Chattanooga, TN
Gross charge — - 25
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
Lenoir City, TN
Gross charge — - 26
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 27
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Union City, TN
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton
Covington, TN
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Dekalb Community Hospital
Smithville, TN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park
Mcminnville, TN
Gross charge — - 32
Parkwest Medical Center
Knoxville, TN
Gross charge — - 33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
Sparta, TN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension Saint Thomas Stones River
Woodbury, TN
Gross charge — - 35
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown
Nashville, TN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman
Centerville, TN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension Saint Thomas Three Rivers
Waverly, TN
Gross charge — - 38
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital
Camden, TN
Gross charge — - 39
Bolivar General Hospital
Bolivar, TN
Gross charge —
Tennessee hospitals price medical back problems (Medicare DRG 552) anywhere from $7,285 to $39,026 — a $31,741 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 $23,964.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 medical back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling medical back problems in Tennessee, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.