CostGrade
F

14/100

#2,321 nationally

Tristar Summit Medical Center

5655 Frist Blvd, Hermitage, TN 37076 · (615) 316-3000

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tristar Summit Medical Center billed $9.35 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
9.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
79
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in TN
#55
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
4/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 3.0/35

Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 3.1/25

Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 3.9/30

Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.9/10

Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

252 $100,433 $10,298 +61%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

247 $121,843 $14,830 +87%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

186 $40,892 $2,288 +110%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

110 $17,970 $1,372 +78%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

104 $83,671 $9,486 +93%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

78 $51,333 $2,786 +103%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

67 $98,365 $11,070 +111%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

67 $50,959 $4,369 +86%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

63 $61,014 $7,393 +89%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

62 $75,093 $7,908 +91%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$79,043 $7,772 +159%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$31,564 $1,755 +144%
Stroke (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay

$81,549 $6,315 +128%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,530 $1,147 +127%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$70,664 $6,153 +126%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$97,438 $8,548 +114%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$98,365 $11,070 +111%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$43,534 $3,003 +111%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay

$150,445 $24,345 +4%
Level 8 Urology and Related Services

APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit

$100,571 $17,341 +16%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$96,747 $14,686 +24%
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay

$239,937 $34,880 +25%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

$142,310 $22,374 +25%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay

$89,474 $10,953 +33%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$67,224 $9,332 +40%
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

$79,233 $11,056 +41%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
  • Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.