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Lumbar spinal fusion in Tennessee: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 40 Tennessee hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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MS-DRG 451

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville$16,1160.7×42026-01-01
Ascension Saint Thomas Dekalb Smithville$18,1540.9×62026-01-01
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital (Midtown + West) Nashville$18,2200.8×72026-01-01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro$18,4880.8×62026-01-01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Hospital McMinnville$21,3831.0×62026-01-01
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta$22,2051.1×62026-01-01
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown$25,4161.2×32026-08-05
Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge$25,4211.2×32026-08-05
Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga$25,8881.2×102026-09-01
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville$26,8611.3×32026-08-05
Cumberland Medical Center Crossville$27,0081.3×32026-08-05
Livingston Regional Hospital Livingston$27,7551.3×12026-04-01
Roane Medical Center Harriman$28,0271.4×32026-08-05
Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield$28,6541.3×92026-09-01
TriStar Summit Medical Center Hermitage$29,7751.4×112026-09-01
Hardin Medical Center Savannah$30,5181.5×22026-05-01
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center Smyrna$30,5701.4×102026-09-01
TriStar Skyline Medical Center Nashville$30,6851.4×112026-09-01
Leconte Medical Center Sevierville$31,6351.5×32026-08-05
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville$31,7621.5×22026-08-05
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Nashville$32,4521.5×112026-09-01
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City Union City$33,9461.6×82026-02-25
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell$34,2541.6×32026-08-05
Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson$34,3221.6×92026-09-01
TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville$34,3221.6×92026-09-01
Erlanger Health System Chattanooga$35,2441.7×12026-01-25
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville$35,2441.7×12026-01-25
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence Lawrenceburg$36,4301.8×12026-07-14
Tennova Healthcare Lafollette Medical Center La Follette$36,8751.8×32026-04-01
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski Pulaski$39,7531.9×12026-07-14
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Memphis$40,7971.9×22026-07-01
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens Athens$44,4612.1×12026-07-10
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville$45,6842.0×22026-01-01
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis$48,2772.3×52026-03-19
Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City$54,0582.5×72026-09-01
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville$59,2512.7×112025-10-01
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville$59,2512.9×102025-10-01
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma$59,2512.9×102025-10-01
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon$59,2512.7×112025-10-01

MS-DRG 450

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Tennova Healthcare North Knoxville Medical Center Powell$30,7000.9×12026-04-01
Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga$41,5711.2×102026-09-01
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown$41,9311.2×32026-08-05
Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge$41,9401.2×32026-08-05
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville$44,3161.3×32026-08-05
Cumberland Medical Center Crossville$44,5581.3×32026-08-05
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital (Midtown + West) Nashville$45,3471.3×32026-01-01
Roane Medical Center Harriman$46,2391.4×32026-08-05
Livingston Regional Hospital Livingston$46,3201.4×12026-04-01
TriStar Summit Medical Center Hermitage$47,1701.3×112026-09-01
Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield$47,8191.3×92026-09-01
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center Smyrna$48,2001.3×102026-09-01
TriStar Skyline Medical Center Nashville$48,3391.3×112026-09-01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro$48,7711.3×32026-01-01
Hardin Medical Center Savannah$50,3501.5×22026-05-01
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Nashville$50,5901.4×112026-09-01
Leconte Medical Center Sevierville$52,1911.5×32026-08-05
Ascension Saint Thomas Dekalb Smithville$52,2131.5×32026-01-01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Hospital McMinnville$52,2731.5×32026-01-01
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville$52,4021.5×22026-08-05
Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson$53,7311.5×92026-09-01
TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville$53,7311.5×92026-09-01
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta$56,0701.6×32026-01-01
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell$56,5131.6×32026-08-05
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City Union City$56,6511.6×82026-02-25
Erlanger Health System Chattanooga$58,8171.7×12026-01-25
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville$58,8171.7×12026-01-25
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville$59,9631.6×12026-01-01
Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City$61,7561.7×72026-09-01
Tennova Healthcare Lafollette Medical Center La Follette$63,1041.8×32026-04-01
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville$65,5921.8×32026-01-01
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Memphis$67,7781.9×22026-07-01
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis$79,6492.3×52026-03-19
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville$98,8822.7×112025-10-01
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville$98,8822.9×102025-10-01
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma$98,8822.9×102025-10-01
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon$98,8822.7×112025-10-01
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence Lawrenceburg$100,0222.9×12026-07-14
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski Pulaski$109,1463.2×12026-07-14
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens Athens$122,0743.6×12026-07-10

Questions

How much do insurers pay for lumbar spinal fusion in Tennessee?

40 Tennessee hospitals post usable commercial rates for lumbar spinal fusion in their federal price-transparency files. For inpatient stay (MS-DRG 451), the median across 39 hospitals is $31,762, 1.5× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.