21/100
#2,162 nationally
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital
651 Dunlop Lane, Clarksville, TN 37040 · (931) 502-1000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital billed $8.18 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
- 8.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #49
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
296 | $28,727 | $2,474 | +48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
280 | $90,907 | $12,849 | +39% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $64,641 | $8,965 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $42,604 | $2,923 | +69% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $40,822 | $5,155 | +16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $90,597 | $11,419 | +45% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $66,746 | $9,104 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $34,346 | $2,932 | +69% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $57,352 | $7,871 | +37% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $42,657 | $6,685 | +29% |
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 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,162 | $9,788 | +108% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,677 | $5,243 | +101% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,312 | $1,687 | +90% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,941 | $1,813 | +85% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$104,772 | $11,114 | +84% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,599 | $3,114 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,671 | $1,474 | +75% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,058 | $5,041 | +69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,292 | $9,437 | -4% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$57,183 | $9,876 | about average |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$34,799 | $5,597 | +4% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$53,007 | $7,723 | +6% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$102,839 | $12,729 | +8% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$57,743 | $9,956 | +9% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications
MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay |
$114,934 | $16,247 | +13% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$35,063 | $6,302 | +15% |
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.