Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) Cost in Tennessee (2026)
Below-average pricing · Regional price parity: 94.2 · TN
What Drives Pricing Here
Three factors explain most of why heart bypass surgery (cabg) costs what it does in Tennessee.
Regional Price Parity
Tennessee's cost-of-living index sits at 94.2 — meaningfully below the national benchmark (100). This directly scales facility and staffing overhead, which flow through to every procedure price.
Specialist Availability
53 facilities perform this procedure in Tennessee — competition keeps pricing honest and gives you real leverage to shop quotes.
Vs. National Benchmark
At -5.8% below the national average ($120,000), Tennessee is a discount market. Often driven by lower overhead or less metro concentration — quality can still be excellent.
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) in Tennessee: What to Know
For heart bypass surgery (CABG) in Tennessee, West Tennessee Healthcare (WTH) Heart & Vascular in Jackson stands out with the state's highest composite quality score of 98.3% and consistent STS 3-star ratings. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) leads the Tennessee Cardiac Surgery Consortium, improving outcomes statewide, and offers innovative minimally invasive CABG (MICS CABG) for multi-vessel bypass. The Chattanooga Heart Institute also earned CommonSpirit Health’s first Cardiovascular Center of Excellence award in 2024.
To potentially lower your costs, consider that Tennessee has 151 Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), which can offer significant savings compared to hospital settings. Facilities like TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville and Ascension Saint Thomas Heart also offer advanced, less invasive CABG techniques. Verify current pricing directly with providers.
Estimated Cost Breakdown in Tennessee
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) pricing in Tennessee comes in modestly under the US average. This is the typical expense structure.
Hospital Stay
Per-night inpatient cost
Most significant cost
Surgeon Fee
Expertise and experience level
Implants & Supplies
Operating Room
OR and equipment time
Anesthesia
Anesthesiologist or CRNA fee
Post-Op Care
Recovery and aftercare
Total Estimated Cost
Tennessee all-in range
Financing Options
Many Tennessee clinics partner with CareCredit or Alphaeon. A typical 24-month, 0% APR term on $113,040 looks like:
- Soft credit check — no hard pull
- Instant approval decisions
- HSA/FSA eligible for qualifying cases
Prices reflect regional cost-of-living adjustments. How we calculate these numbers →
Ranges adjusted for Tennessee's regional price parity (94.2). See the national percentage breakdown →
Facility Costs in Tennessee
Below are the top facilities performing heart bypass surgery (cabg) in Tennessee, ranked by volume. Rates shown are negotiated amounts from CMS Medicare data.
| Facility | City | Negotiated Rate | Medicare | Volume |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | Nashville | $31,404 | $24,392 | 121 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | Nashville | $43,526 | $37,684 | 92 |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center | Nashville | $28,371 | $25,902 | 65 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | Nashville | $53,531 | $49,754 | 64 |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital | Jackson | $29,604 | $26,776 | 53 |
| Memorial Healthcare System, Inc | Chattanooga | $32,434 | $28,937 | 52 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital | Memphis | $42,787 | $34,048 | 49 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | Nashville | $39,907 | $30,115 | 47 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | $40,196 | $30,608 | 45 |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital | Memphis | $29,970 | $22,273 | 42 |
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) Cost in Nearby States
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) pricing varies across the region. Here's how Tennessee stacks up against its neighbors.
Expert Answers for Tennessee Patients
Local regulations, insurance nuance, and surgical standards specific to Tennessee.
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How we calculate heart bypass surgery (cabg) costs in Tennessee
Cost estimates combine procedure-specific pricing data with regional cost-of-living and provider-supply adjustments. Primary sources:
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Hospital pricing transparency files — CMS-required machine-readable data published by hospitals under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency rule (effective January 2021). Provides actual negotiated rates between hospitals and insurers.
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HCUP (Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project) — AHRQ's HCUP databases provide nationally-representative procedure cost data by state, payer, and patient demographics.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics — Healthcare Practitioner Occupational Wages — BLS OEWS data on surgeon, anesthesiologist, and surgical staff wages by state, used to model regional labor-cost differences in procedure pricing.
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BEA Regional Price Parities (RPP) — U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis state-level price-level indices, used to adjust national procedure averages for Tennessee's cost-of-living relative to the national mean.
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FAIR Health Consumer Cost Lookup — the FAIR Health database aggregates billed and allowed amounts from over 36 billion claim records, providing a check on procedure-cost ranges by ZIP code.
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Medicare Provider Utilization & Payment Data — CMS public-use files on Medicare-allowed amounts and submitted charges by HCPCS/CPT code and state, used as a baseline for procedure-cost ranges.
Estimates are illustrative and reflect typical pricing ranges; actual costs depend on insurance coverage, surgical complexity, anesthesia type, hospital vs. ambulatory setting, and individual patient factors. Always confirm pricing directly with providers and your insurance carrier. See our methodology page for full calculation details.