Birth control implant insertion cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 22 hospitals publish a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $44.80 to $36,886.72, with a median of $171.39. The lowest price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City (Union City). The highest price is 823.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $171.39, is 37% below the US median of $271.23.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
- Tennessee ranks 10th of 44 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 11981. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$44.80Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Median$171.39half of hospitals charge less
Highest$36,886.72in Tennessee
Lowest saves$126.59vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City lowest Union City · Union City, TN HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $44.80 | $224.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $47.04 | $224.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $47.04 | $224.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $47.04 | $224.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $55.35 | $369.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $55.35 | $369.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $55.35 | $369.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT | $55.35 | $369.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT | $166.35 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC INS IMPL DRUG DELIV NON-BIODEG | $171.39 | $591.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC INS IMPL DRUG DELIV NON-BIODEG | $171.39 | $591.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC INS IMPL DRUG DELIV NON-BIODEG | $171.39 | $591.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Rhea Medical Center Dayton · Dayton, TN INSERT DRUG IMPLANT 11981 | $181.56 | $267.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Admin Other Charge -> 11981: Insert drug delivery implant | $546.00 | $910.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 11981780660 - INSERT DRUG IMPLANT 11981 | $976.78 | $1,519.10 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Winchester Winchester · Winchester, TN Insertion, drug-delivery implant (ie, bioresorbable, biodegradable, non-biodegradable) | $3,652.16 | $14,786.08 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT | $7,223.96 | $31,893.87 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $36,801.61 | $167,280.06 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $36,801.61 | $167,280.06 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $36,801.61 | $167,280.06 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $36,801.61 | $167,280.06 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Insertion Drug Delivery Implant | $36,886.72 | $167,666.89 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 9 | $47.04 | $36,801.61 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 3 | $55.35 | $55.35 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 3 | $166.35 | $171.39 |
| Dayton, TN | 1 | $181.56 | $181.56 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $55.35 | $55.35 |
| Knoxville, TN | 1 | $7,223.96 | $7,223.96 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $171.39 | $171.39 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $171.39 | $171.39 |
| Union City, TN | 1 | $44.80 | $44.80 |
| Winchester, TN | 1 | $3,652.16 | $3,652.16 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What birth control implant insertion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Birth control implant insertion explained.
Insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant in other states
- Alabama$312.01
- Alaska$306.54
- Arizona$163.27
- Arkansas$319.25
- California$284.26
- Colorado$338.41
- Connecticut$407.76
- Delaware$522.48
- District of Columbia$170.85, 2 hospitals
- Florida$314.60
- Georgia$545.00
- Hawaii$238.70
- Idaho$188.30
- Illinois$232.50
- Indiana$1,880.50
- Iowa$297.00
- Kansas$178.50
- Kentucky$136.50
- Louisiana$96.36
- Maine$126.13
- Maryland$235.94, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$549.00
- Michigan$166.60
- Minnesota$271.46
- Mississippi$132.00
- Missouri$184.00
- Montana$286.90
- Nebraska$263.00
- Nevada$1,271.00, 2 hospitals
- New Hampshire$87.32
- New Jersey$172.00
- New Mexico$227.81, 4 hospitals
- New York$281.71
- North Carolina$129.32
- North Dakota$244.80
- Ohio$377.25
- Oklahoma$221.85
- Oregon$255.78
- Pennsylvania$254.40
- Rhode Island$399.05, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$325.18
- South Dakota$308.00
- Texas$249.58
- Utah$122.52, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$186.34
- Virginia$564.50
- Washington$276.13
- West Virginia$165.52
- Wisconsin$280.23
- Wyoming$182.25, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.