Blood type test cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for blood type test, ABO group only (Rh factor is a separate test): from $9.18 to $83.03, with a median of $66.46. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt University Medical Center — $57.28 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $18.45 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 86900, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center lowest Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC TRANSPLANT VIRAL STUDIES BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO-MBC | $9.18 | $17.00 | $2.99–$17.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC SOLID ORGAN RECIPIENT PRELIMINARY FLOW TITERS-DCI | $49.88 | $172.00 | $2.99–$172.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC SOLID ORGAN DONOR PRELIMINARY FLOW TITERS-DCI | $49.88 | $172.00 | $2.99–$172.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC SOLID ORGAN RECIPIENT ALLO XMATCH OPT3-DCI | $49.88 | $172.00 | $2.99–$172.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO | $50.75 | $175.00 | $2.99–$175.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC DONOR ABO FOR RECIPIENT-KASHI | $55.97 | $193.00 | $2.99–$193.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 BLOOD TYPE (ABO) | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 ABO-R | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 ABO-R | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 ABO AND RH | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 ABO AND RH | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 BLOOD TYPE (ABO) | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 BLOOD TYPE (ABO) | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 BLOOD TYPE (ABO) | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 ABO-R | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 ABO-R | $83.03 | $276.75 | $2.69–$11.28 | 70% | — source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC SOLID ORGAN RECIPIENT PRELIMINARY FLOW TITERS-DCI | $92.88 | $172.00 | $2.99–$172.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC SOLID ORGAN DONOR PRELIMINARY FLOW TITERS-DCI | $92.88 | $172.00 | $2.99–$172.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC SOLID ORGAN RECIPIENT ALLO XMATCH OPT3-DCI | $92.88 | $172.00 | $2.99–$172.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO | $94.50 | $175.00 | $2.99–$175.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC DONOR ABO FOR RECIPIENT-KASHI | $104.22 | $193.00 | $2.99–$193.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $9.18, median $66.46, highest $83.03 — a 9.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $66.46. 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 2 of 4 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
This test finds your ABO blood group: A, B, AB or O. It is done before transfusions or surgery, during pregnancy, and sometimes just so a person knows their blood type.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the ABO grouping only. The blood draw is often billed separately, and the Rh factor (86901) and antibody screen (86850) are separate codes.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86900 ($68.00). 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.
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TNHC TRANSPLANT VIRAL STUDIES BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO-MBC | $4.93 | file |