Thoracic spine CT cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 20 hospitals list a cash price for thoracic spine (mid back) CT scan without contrast: from $281.46 to $10,964.70, with a median of $2,617.17. The lowest listed price is at Macon Community Hospital — $2,335.71 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $739.69 at 80 hospitals.
Cash prices at 20 facilities across 16 cities for code 72128, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macon Community Hospital lowest Lafayette, TN · (615) 666-2147 CT SPINE THORACIC W/O CONTRAST source file | $281.46 | $469.10 | $78.11–$422.19 | 40% |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 CT THOR SPINE WO C source file | $709.85 | $2,366.15 | $150.92–$653.38 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 CT SPINE THORACIC W/O source file | $710.19 | $2,367.30 | $150.92–$562.76 | 70% |
| Stones River Hospital Woodbury, TN · (615) 563-4001 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file | $859.25 | $2,864.15 | $94.99–$562.76 | 70% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Oct 1, 2025 · source file | $885.95 | $3,055.00 | $51.76–$2,444.00 | 71% |
| Williamson Medical Center Franklin, TN · (615) 435-5000 CT THORACIC SPINE W/O CONTRAST source file | $1,086.73 | $1,927.40 | $776.74–$1,831.03 | 44% |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 CT Spine Thoracic w/o Contrast File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,383.60 | $2,306.00 | — | 40% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Oct 1, 2025 · source file | $1,649.70 | $3,055.00 | $51.36–$2,444.00 | 46% |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin, TN · (615) 328-8888 Computed tomography, thoracic spine; without contrast material source file | $1,756.88 | $7,540.25 | $278.64 | 77% |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage, TN · (615) 735-9815 Computed tomography, thoracic spine; without contrast material source file | $2,047.49 | $6,280.64 | $352.94 | 67% |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville, TN · (615) 374-2221 Computed tomography, thoracic spine; without contrast material source file | $3,186.84 | $6,285.69 | $249.62 | 49% |
| Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna, TN · (615) 768-2000 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $3,250.31 | $3,250.31 | $154.52–$2,990.29 | — |
| Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield, TN · (615) 384-2411 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $5,317.69 | $5,317.69 | $154.52–$4,360.51 | — |
| Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 781-4000 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $6,475.22 | $6,475.22 | $1,192.09–$5,698.19 | — |
| Tristar Summit Medical Center Mt Juliet, TN · (615) 316-3000 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $6,838.34 | $6,838.34 | $1,258.94–$6,017.74 | — |
| Tristar Skyline Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 769-2000 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $8,091.33 | $8,091.33 | $1,489.61–$7,929.50 | — |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 342-1000 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $8,308.88 | $8,308.88 | $1,529.66–$8,308.88 | — |
| Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Portland, TN · (615) 338-1000 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $8,375.70 | $8,375.70 | $1,541.97–$7,705.64 | — |
| Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson, TN · (615) 446-0446 CT T-SPINE W/O CONTRAST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $9,890.22 | $9,890.22 | $1,820.79–$9,099.00 | — |
| Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City, TN · (615) 792-3030 Computed tomography, thoracic spine; without contrast material +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $10,964.70 | $10,964.70 | $153.70–$10,087.52 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $281.46, median $2,617.17, highest $10,964.70 — a 39.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,235.17. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 19 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A thoracic spine CT makes detailed pictures of the twelve vertebrae of the mid back. It is used mainly after an injury to look for fractures, and in older adults for compression fractures.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72128 ($1,369.20). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville, TNBCE CT Spine Thoracic w/o contrast 72128 | $130.72 | file |