30/100
#1,887 nationally
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital
1801 N Jackson St Box 460, Tullahoma, TN 37388 · (931) 393-3000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital billed $6.80 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
- 6.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 44
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #40
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% 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 |
422 | $23,912 | $2,333 | +23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
202 | $83,388 | $13,549 | +28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $52,178 | $8,890 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $31,963 | $2,659 | +27% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $27,862 | $2,901 | +35% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $31,703 | $2,730 | +66% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $65,230 | $11,061 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $17,838 | $1,996 | +52% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $42,201 | $7,244 | +8% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $37,273 | $5,870 | +25% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,703 | $2,730 | +66% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,838 | $1,996 | +52% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$85,152 | $11,602 | +50% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$69,762 | $9,178 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,981 | $1,745 | +47% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,862 | $2,901 | +35% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$58,004 | $8,330 | +32% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$63,667 | $8,585 | +32% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$28,482 | $6,525 | -23% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$148,053 | $33,141 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,274 | $6,127 | -9% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$38,311 | $6,895 | -7% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$51,107 | $10,108 | -3% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$29,738 | $5,651 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,312 | $4,862 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$31,075 | $5,913 | about average |
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.