FIT stool test cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 11 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood by immunoassay (FIT): from $10.13 to $140.40, with a median of $21.86. The lowest listed price is at Saint Thomas West Hospital and 2 other hospitals — $11.73 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $31.84 at 49 hospitals.
- The median here, $21.86, is 59% below the US median of $53.38.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($15.92).
- 1 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 cities for code 82274, 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 West Hospital lowest Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 FECAL OCCULT BLOOD IMMUNOASSAY+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $10.13 | $33.75 | $14.33–$32.82 | 70% |
| Stones River Hospital lowest Woodbury, TN · (615) 563-4001 FECAL OCCULT BLOOD IMMUNOASSAY+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $10.13 | $33.75 | $11.16–$32.55 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital lowest Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 FECAL OCCULT BLOOD IMMUNOASSAY+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $10.13 | $33.75 | $14.33–$32.82 | 70% |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin, TN · (615) 328-8888 Blood, occult, by fecal hemoglobin determination by immunoassay, qualitative, feces, 1-3 simultaneous determinations File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $16.93 | $72.67 | $32.22 | 77% |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville, TN ASSAY TEST FOR BLOOD FECAL File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file | $20.70 | — | $14.33–$584.01 | — |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage, TN · (615) 735-9815 Blood, occult, by fecal hemoglobin determination by immunoassay, qualitative, feces, 1-3 simultaneous determinations File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $21.86 | $67.05 | $69.34 | 67% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC IMMUNOASSAY SCRN BLOOD FECAL File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file | $31.90 | $110.00 | — | 71% |
| Williamson Medical Center Franklin, TN · (615) 435-5000 FOBT-COLORECTAL NEOPLASM SCREE+1 more line at this price File of Aug 1, 2026 · source file | $33.49 | $59.40 | $23.94–$56.43 | 44% |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville, TN · (615) 374-2221 Blood, occult, by fecal hemoglobin determination by immunoassay, qualitative, feces, 1-3 simultaneous determinations File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $33.99 | $67.05 | $46.55 | 49% |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 Immunological Fecal Occult Blood File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $49.20 | $82.00 | — | 40% |
| Tristar Summit Medical Center Mt Juliet, TN · (615) 316-3000 FECAL OCCULT BLD CRC IA File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $140.40 | $140.40 | $25.85–$123.55 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $10.13, median $21.86, highest $140.40 — a 13.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $21.02. 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 8 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 6 it is 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 FIT stool test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: FIT stool test explained.