Tonsillectomy, age 12+ cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, age 12 or older: from $3,608.40 to $8,084.57, with a median of $4,534.74. The lowest price is at Metro Nashville General Hospital (Nashville). The highest price is 2.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $4,534.74, is 6% above the US median of $4,277.65.
- Tennessee ranks 18th of 35 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 42826. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$3,608.40Metro Nashville General Hospital
Median$4,534.74half of hospitals charge less
Highest$8,084.57in Tennessee
Lowest saves$926.34vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Nashville General Hospital lowest Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 42826 Tonsillectomy, primary or secondary; age 12 or over | $3,608.40 | $6,014.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary Age 12/> | $3,927.09 | $17,850.41 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN REMOVAL OF TONSILS | $4,145.32 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary Age 12/> | $4,190.21 | $19,046.42 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary Age 12/> | $4,363.22 | $19,832.84 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN REMOVAL OF TONSILS | $4,706.25 | $20,778.14 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Tonsillectomy, primary or secondary; age 12 or over | $4,784.52 | $20,534.41 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary Age 12/> | $5,287.65 | $24,034.78 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 42826 Removal of tonsils | $5,861.26 | $9,115.49 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Starr Regional Medical Center - Athens Athens · Athens, TN Tonsillectomy, primary or secondary; age 12 or over | $8,084.57 | $41,247.83 | Jul 10, 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.
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 | 5 | $3,927.09 | $4,363.22 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 3 | $3,608.40 | $4,145.32 |
| Athens, TN | 1 | $8,084.57 | $8,084.57 |
| Knoxville, TN | 1 | $4,706.25 | $4,706.25 |
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 tonsillectomy, age 12+ is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Tonsillectomy, age 12+ explained.
Tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, age 12 or older in other states
- Alabama$7,011.46
- Alaska$9,676.32, 1 hospital
- Arizona$10,501.29
- Arkansas$2,680.14
- California$5,642.80
- Colorado$8,292.12
- Delaware$5,802.95, 1 hospital
- Florida$9,647.03
- Georgia$9,791.00
- Hawaii$4,060.00, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$6,271.00
- Illinois$3,535.00
- Indiana$5,760.05
- Iowa$3,992.30
- Kansas$3,058.48
- Kentucky$7,132.37
- Louisiana$2,844.37
- Maine$604.26, 1 hospital
- Maryland$4,751.33, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$6,438.82
- Michigan$4,020.18
- Minnesota$1,469.54
- Mississippi$2,222.36
- Missouri$4,745.03
- Montana$672.00
- Nebraska$3,796.37
- Nevada$3,684.75, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$3,689.38, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$4,327.45
- New Mexico$14,240.83, 3 hospitals
- New York$3,837.72
- North Carolina$4,620.46
- North Dakota$2,508.93
- Ohio$11,394.20
- Oklahoma$3,261.00
- Oregon$698.80, 4 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$6,713.14
- Rhode Island$2,372.63, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$10,435.55
- South Dakota$2,823.06, 2 hospitals
- Texas$4,424.11
- Utah$6,435.00, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$2,771.01, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$11,944.47
- Washington$4,725.15
- West Virginia$4,002.00
- Wisconsin$1,674.12
- Wyoming$2,717.19, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.