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Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 042 · Surgery or procedure

Peripheral, cranial nerve and other nervous system procedures without CC/MCC

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $17,559 per stay at 6 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $16,207 and $19,300.

Limited data: use with caution

Only 6 hospitals reported this in 2024 (74 stays). Medicare covers few patients for some procedures (births, for example), and CMS leaves out hospitals with fewer than 11 cases, so these figures may not represent typical costs.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case
$17,559
Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
$16,207–$19,300
Medicare’s share
$13,75578% of the payment
Average billed charge
$75,804
Hospitals reporting
674 stays

Hospitals in Tennessee

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Location
Tennessee
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment (1 hospital)
$17,702National $17,559 · Tennessee $17,702
Too few hospitals to compare
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Medicare stays
12

1 hospital reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Peripheral, cranial nerve and other nervous system procedures without CC/MCC by hospital, 2024
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 44003912$17,702About average$13,857$98,172

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
2020: 200 stays at 15 hospitals · 2021: 140 stays at 11 hospitals · 2022: 135 stays at 10 hospitals · 2023: 107 stays at 8 hospitals · 2024: 74 stays at 6 hospitals
View data as a table
National average payment and billed charge for Peripheral, cranial nerve and other nervous system procedures without CC/MCC
Year of careAverage paymentAverage billed charge
2020$17K$71K
2021$16K$93K
2022$19K$90K
2023$20K$99K
2024$18K$76K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

Show all 5 states
Average payment by state for Peripheral, cranial nerve and other nervous system procedures without CC/MCC, 2024
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Pennsylvania115$13,529$13,529–$13,529
West Virginia111$17,116$17,116–$17,116
Tennessee112$17,702$17,702–$17,702
New York224$19,072$17,632–$21,088
Minnesota112$19,833$19,833–$19,833

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.