Urine dipstick test cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 10 hospitals list a cash price for urinalysis without microscope exam, manual: from $4.52 to $269.70, with a median of $15.56. The lowest listed price is at Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery — $11.04 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $7.92 at 52 hospitals.
- The median here, $15.56, is 22% below the US median of $20.00.
- That is 4.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($3.48).
- Nashville, TN ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Tennessee by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 81002, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery lowest Nashville, TN Urinalysis Macroscopic File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file | $4.52 | $11.00 | $3.13–$584.01 | 59% |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 POC URINE DIPSTICK+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $5.76 | $19.20 | $3.13–$11.28 | 70% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC URINALYSIS NONAUTO W/O MICRO File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file | $11.89 | $41.00 | — | 71% |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin, TN · (615) 328-8888 Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; non-automated, without microscopy File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $12.29 | $52.75 | $7.69 | 77% |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage, TN · (615) 735-9815 Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; non-automated, without microscopy File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $14.31 | $43.91 | $11.14 | 67% |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 Specific Gravity Urine File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $16.80 | $28.00 | — | 40% |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville, TN · (615) 374-2221 Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; non-automated, without microscopy File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $22.29 | $43.96 | $7.48 | 49% |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 342-1000 PH UR MANUAL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $22.50 | $22.50 | $4.14–$22.50 | — |
| Williamson Medical Center Franklin, TN · (615) 435-5000 URINALYSIS W/O MICROSCOPY File of Aug 1, 2026 · source file | $29.94 | $53.10 | $21.40–$50.44 | 44% |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 342-1000 SPEC GRAV UR MANUAL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $41.71 | $41.71 | $27.95 | — |
| Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville, TN · (615) 338-1000 Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; non-automate +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $269.70 | $269.70 | $3.48–$248.12 | — |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 342-1000 UA W O MICRO MANUAL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $536.38 | $536.38 | $98.75–$536.38 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $4.52, median $15.56, highest $269.70 — a 59.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $11.89. 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 3 of 8 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.
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