Blood type test cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 20 hospitals list a cash price for blood type test, ABO group only (Rh factor is a separate test): from $45.32 to $743.00, with a median of $250.85. The lowest listed price is at Sumner Regional Medical Center — $205.53 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $75.30 at 86 hospitals.
- The median here, $250.85, is 271% above the US median of $67.66.
- That is 83.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.99).
- Nashville, TN ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Tennessee by median, cheapest first.
- 10 of 20 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 20 facilities across 17 cities for code 86900, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Regional Medical Center lowest Gallatin, TN · (615) 328-8888 Blood typing, serologic; ABO File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $45.32 | $194.52 | $6.30 | 77% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC SOLID ORGAN RECIPIENT PRELIMINARY FLOW TITERS BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO-DCI+2 more lines at this price File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file | $51.62 | $178.00 | — | 71% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file | $52.49 | $181.00 | — | 71% |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage, TN · (615) 735-9815 Blood typing, serologic; ABO File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $52.82 | $162.03 | $13.02 | 67% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC DONOR ABO FOR RECIPIENT-KASHI File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file | $58.00 | $200.00 | — | 71% |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 ABO/Rh Retype+5 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $66.00 | $110.00 | — | 40% |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville, TN · (615) 374-2221 Blood typing, serologic; ABO File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $82.22 | $162.17 | $8.73 | 49% |
| Stones River Hospital Woodbury, TN · (615) 563-4001 ABO-R+3 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 BLOOD TYPE (ABO)+5 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 BLOOD TYPE (ABO)+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville, TN ABO Group by Blood Center 86900 File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file | $166.35 | $11.00 | $2.69–$584.01 | -1412% |
| Williamson Medical Center Franklin, TN · (615) 435-5000 ABO File of Aug 1, 2026 · source file | $229.93 | $407.80 | $164.34–$387.41 | 44% |
| Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson, TN · (615) 446-0446 Blood typing, serologic; ABO +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $271.76 | $271.76 | $2.99–$250.02 | — |
| Tristar Summit Medical Center Mt Juliet, TN · (615) 316-3000 Blood typing, serologic; ABO +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $282.00 | $282.00 | $2.99–$248.16 | — |
| Tristar Skyline Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 769-2000 ABO TYPE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $437.80 | $437.80 | $2.99–$429.04 | — |
| Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna, TN · (615) 768-2000 ABO TYPE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $454.00 | $454.00 | $2.99–$417.68 | — |
| Macon Community Hospital Lafayette, TN · (615) 666-2147 ABO/RH File of Mar 21, 2026 · source file | $464.04 | $773.40 | $4.35–$696.06 | 40% |
| Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Antioch, TN · (615) 781-4000 Blood typing, serologic; ABO +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $508.00 | $508.00 | $2.99–$447.04 | — |
| Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City, TN · (615) 792-3030 ABO TYPE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $584.96 | $584.96 | $2.99–$2,000.00 | — |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 342-1000 ABO TYPE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $628.75 | $628.75 | $2.99–$421.26 | — |
| Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville, TN · (615) 338-1000 Blood typing, serologic; ABO +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $716.00 | $716.00 | $2.99–$658.72 | — |
| Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield, TN · (615) 384-2411 ABO TYPE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $743.00 | $743.00 | $2.99–$609.26 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $45.32, median $250.85, highest $743.00 — a 16.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $83.03. 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 18 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 blood type test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Blood type test explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86900 ($96.11). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TNHC TRANSPLANT VIRAL STUDIES BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO-MBC | $4.93 | file |