Shoulder replacement Cost in Nashville, TN (2026)

Prices at 5 hospitals in Nashville, TN, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $12,453 — 42% above the US median ($8,788), roughly 9.6× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	$2,984	$2,484	★ 5/5	277 min	14.6%
Saint Thomas Hospital for Spinal Surgery	Nashville, TN	$21,923	$4,015	—	—	14.0%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated July 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$5,525

Cash / self-pay

$12,453

Insurer-negotiated

$4,013

Medicare pays

$1,300

$4,877$20,029

Median cash $12,453 · Medicare $1,300 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $12,453 — about 9.6× the Medicare rate ($1,300). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($2,601).

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Doctors who perform this in Nashville

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Matthew Willis, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Nashville, TN	73
Chad Price, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Nashville, TN	40
John Kuhn, MD	Sports Medicine	Nashville, TN	30
Ronald Glenn, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Nashville, TN	28
Elizabeth Bakos, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Nashville, TN	16
Brandon Downs, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Nashville, TN	16
Robert Sleadd, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Nashville, TN	13
Jason Jones, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Nashville, TN	11

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