Cheapest hospitals in Knoxville, TN without insurance
Of 8 hospitals in the Knoxville, TN area we can compare, Parkwest Medical Center (Knoxville) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 45% below the Tennessee median across 330 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville | 45% below | 307 of 330 | 17 of 330 |
| 2. Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City | 40% below | 259 of 310 | 34 of 310 |
| 3. Roane County Medical Center Harriman | 40% below | 270 of 322 | 34 of 322 |
| 4. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge | 38% below | 277 of 338 | 41 of 338 |
| 5. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville | 38% below | 285 of 344 | 39 of 344 |
| 6. Peninsula Hospital Louisville | at median | 66 of 134 | 66 of 134 |
| 7. Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell | 35% above | 85 of 412 | 321 of 412 |
| 8. Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette | 64% above | 45 of 365 | 319 of 365 |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.