High-risk screening colonoscopy cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for screening colonoscopy, high risk of colorectal cancer (Medicare code): from $257.52 to $1,093.16, with a median of $786.34. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital — $528.82 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $554.62 at 16 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code G0105, 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 Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $257.52 | $888.00 | $116.60–$888.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 COLORECTAL SCRN; HI RISK IND | $479.52 | $888.00 | $116.60–$888.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 SCREENING COLONSCPY HI RISK | $1,093.16 | $3,643.85 | $237.14–$3,638.00 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 SCREENING COLONSCPY HI RISK | $1,093.16 | $3,643.85 | $237.14–$3,284.00 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 SCREEN COLONSC HIGH RISK DCBA | $1,093.16 | $3,643.85 | $237.14–$3,638.00 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 SCREEN COLONSC HIGH RISK DCAA | $1,093.16 | $3,643.85 | $237.14–$3,638.00 | 70% | — source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC COLON CANCER SCR COLON HR | $1,225.25 | $4,225.00 | $443.74–$4,214.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC COLON CANCER SCR COLON HR | $2,281.50 | $4,225.00 | $440.32–$4,225.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $257.52, median $786.34, highest $1,093.16 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $368.52. 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 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 is a screening colonoscopy for someone without symptoms who is at high risk of colorectal cancer, for example because of a close relative with the disease, earlier polyps or inflammatory bowel disease. G0105 is a Medicare code; for people at high risk Medicare covers it as often as every 2 years.
What the price covers
The facility price usually covers the procedure room and recovery. The gastroenterologist, anesthesia, the bowel-prep medicine and any pathology are usually billed or bought separately.