Porcelain crown in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Porcelain crown: from $347.71 to $647.46, with a median of $497.59. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code D2740, 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 | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN CROWN - PORCELAIN/CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | $347.71 | $1,199.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN CROWN - PORCELAIN/CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | $647.46 | $1,199.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $347.71, median $497.59, highest $647.46 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $497.59. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
A porcelain or ceramic crown is a tooth-shaped cap placed over a damaged, weakened or root-canal-treated tooth to restore its shape and strength. It usually takes two visits, or one visit when the office mills the crown on site.
What the price covers
The fee usually covers tooth preparation, impressions or a digital scan, the dental lab's work, a temporary crown and cementing the final crown. A core buildup, root canal, X-rays and exam are billed under their own codes.