Quit-smoking counseling cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 14 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $16.83 to $141.28, with a median of $46.35. The lowest listed price is at Saint Thomas West Hospital — $29.52 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $27.94 at 41 hospitals.
- The median here, $46.35, is 16% above the US median of $39.79.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($38.28).
- Nashville, TN ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Tennessee by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 12 cities for code 99406, 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 SMOKING CESSATION < 10MIN+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $16.83 | $56.10 | $11.74–$36.37 | 70% |
| Stones River Hospital Woodbury, TN · (615) 563-4001 SMOKING CESSATION <10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $20.19 | $67.30 | $10.48–$30.98 | 70% |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 SMOKING CESSATION <10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $20.19 | $67.30 | $11.74–$36.37 | 70% |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC SMOK CESS COUN INTER >3MIN File of Oct 1, 2026 · source file | $25.23 | $87.00 | — | 71% |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 99406 Smoking/Tobacco Cessation Counseling; 3-10 Min File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $35.28 | $58.80 | — | 40% |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin, TN · (615) 328-8888 Smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit; intermediate, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $39.34 | $168.82 | $308.00 | 77% |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage, TN · (615) 735-9815 Smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit; intermediate, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $45.84 | $140.62 | $22.50–$140.62 | 67% |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville, TN BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file | $46.85 | — | $20.84–$584.01 | — |
| Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville, TN · (615) 338-1000 SMOKECESS 3-10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $54.23 | $54.23 | $9.22–$49.89 | — |
| Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna, TN · (615) 768-2000 SMOKECESS 3-10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $60.53 | $60.53 | $10.29–$55.69 | — |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville, TN · (615) 374-2221 Smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit; intermediate, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file | $71.35 | $140.73 | $50.66–$140.73 | 49% |
| Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield, TN · (615) 384-2411 SMOKECESS 3-10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $85.93 | $85.93 | $6.02–$70.46 | — |
| Tristar Skyline Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 769-2000 SMOKECESS 3-10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $134.55 | $134.55 | $22.87–$131.86 | — |
| Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Antioch, TN · (615) 781-4000 Smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit; intermediate, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $141.28 | $141.28 | $24.02–$124.33 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $16.83, median $46.35, highest $141.28 — a 8.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $20.19. 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 7 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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 quit-smoking counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Quit-smoking counseling explained.