# Uterus or ovary surgery, non-cancer (hospital stay): what BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for non-cancer surgery on the uterus or ovaries, such as a hysterectomy.

- Insurer: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
- Billing code: 743 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: 2026-09-27
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3 | $7,933.71 | $8,142.86 | $8,382.86 | $8,794.07 | $8,851.15 |  |  |
| Arkansas | 1 | $6,621.35 | $6,914.34 | $7,485.27 | $9,291.80 | $13,291.62 |  |  |
| Georgia | 1 | $12,652.10 | $12,652.10 | $12,652.10 | $12,652.10 | $12,652.10 | $9,736.46 | 1.3x Medicare |
| Mississippi | 3 | $6,621.35 | $7,485.27 | $8,508.00 | $11,077.06 | $14,105.55 |  |  |
| Tennessee | 97 | $5,388.40 | $8,245.31 | $9,800.50 | $12,474.29 | $58,060.71 | $9,785.44 | about what Medicare pays |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/bcbstn/statemap_743_US.html  
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