Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 16 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $5.57 to $474.00, with a median of $44.13. The lowest listed price is at Saint Thomas West Hospital — $38.56 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $18.90 at 73 hospitals.
- The median here, $44.13, is 67% above the US median of $26.48.
- That is 10.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- Nashville, TN ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Tennessee by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 16 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 14 cities for code 82270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 31, 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 West Hospital lowest Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 FECAL OCCULT BLD+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $5.57 | $18.55 | $3.94–$13.54 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville, TN Stool for Occult Blood POC File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file | $5.69 | $10.00 | $3.94–$584.01 | 43% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC OCCULT BLOOD FECES SCREEN File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file | $15.95 | $55.00 | — | 71% |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin, TN · (615) 328-8888 Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative; feces, consecutive collected specimens with single determination, for colorectal neoplasm screening (ie, patient was provided 3 cards or single triple card for consecutive collection) File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $23.06 | $98.97 | $9.11 | 77% |
| Williamson Medical Center Franklin, TN · (615) 435-5000 OCCULT BLOOD STOOL QUALITATIVE File of Aug 1, 2026 · source file | $24.81 | $44.00 | $17.73–$41.80 | 44% |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage, TN · (615) 735-9815 Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative; feces, consecutive collected specimens with single determination, for colorectal neoplasm screening (ie, patient was provided 3 cards or single triple card for consecutive collection) File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $26.87 | $82.43 | $13.32 | 67% |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 Occult Blood Stool Screen File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $27.00 | $45.00 | — | 40% |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville, TN · (615) 374-2221 Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative; feces, consecutive collected specimens with single determination, for colorectal neoplasm screening (ie, patient was provided 3 cards or single triple card for consecutive collection) File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $41.82 | $82.48 | $9.42 | 49% |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 OCCULT BLOOD SCREEN 1 3+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $46.43 | $154.75 | $3.94–$13.54 | 70% |
| Stones River Hospital Woodbury, TN · (615) 563-4001 OCCULT BLOOD SCREEN 1 3+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $46.43 | $154.75 | $2.29–$13.54 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 OCCULT BLOOD SCREEN 1 3+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $46.43 | $154.75 | $3.94–$13.54 | 70% |
| Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna, TN · (615) 768-2000 OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $107.06 | $107.06 | $4.38–$98.50 | — |
| Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson, TN · (615) 446-0446 OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $129.38 | $129.38 | $4.38–$119.03 | — |
| Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Antioch, TN · (615) 781-4000 Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative; feces, consecutive collected specimens with single determination, for colorectal neoplasm screening (ie, patient was provided 3 cards o +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $135.00 | $135.00 | $4.38–$118.80 | — |
| Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville, TN · (615) 338-1000 OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $279.43 | $279.43 | $4.38–$257.08 | — |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 342-1000 OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $452.95 | $452.95 | $4.38–$452.95 | — |
| Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City, TN · (615) 792-3030 OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $474.00 | $474.00 | $4.38–$2,000.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $5.57, median $44.13, highest $474.00 — a 85.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $24.81. 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 14 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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