76/100
#474 nationally
University Health System, Inc
1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920 · (865) 305-9000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Health System, Inc billed $3.31 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 217
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #11
- 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.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
707 | $12,561 | $2,167 | -35% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
530 | $47,352 | $18,663 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
478 | $7,144 | $1,318 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $12,310 | $2,596 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
337 | $13,655 | $2,640 | -46% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
307 | $10,733 | $2,854 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
257 | $9,066 | $2,257 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
253 | $8,147 | $1,655 | -37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
235 | $30,030 | $13,430 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
230 | $13,940 | $4,182 | -49% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,867 | $563 | +87% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$204,875 | $37,752 | +8% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,204 | $24,630 | +7% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$39,991 | $11,147 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,548 | $5,525 | +5% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,874 | $17,705 | +4% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$248,268 | $51,135 | +3% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$108,288 | $22,854 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$42,254 | $26,328 | -70% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$311,301 | $121,726 | -65% |
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$67,931 | $42,297 | -64% |
|
Pleural Effusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 186 · Inpatient stay |
$28,043 | $14,357 | -61% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$13,018 | $7,748 | -57% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 657 · Inpatient stay |
$40,319 | $15,522 | -55% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$30,288 | $15,785 | -55% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$19,006 | $9,538 | -54% |
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.