Colonoscopy cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 31 hospitals publish a cash price for colonoscopy, diagnostic: from $452.20 to $3,865.88, with a median of $1,261.31. The lowest price is at Rhea Medical Center (Dayton). The highest price is 8.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,261.31, is 30% below the US median of $1,808.81.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($950.10).
- Tennessee ranks 8th of 48 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 45378. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$452.20Rhea Medical Center
Median$1,261.31half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,865.88in Tennessee
Lowest saves$809.11vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea Medical Center lowest Dayton · Dayton, TN DX COLONOSCOPY A/O | $452.20 | $665.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Hardin County General Hospital Savannah · Savannah, TN 45378 Colonoscopy, flexible diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing | $532.89 | $1,395.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Unity Medical Center Manchester · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN COLONOSCOPY DIAG (BRUSHING/WASH) | $717.60 | $897.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Maury Regional Hospital Marshall Medical Center Lewisburg · Lewisburg, TN Colonoscopy | $738.00 | $1,800.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy Flx Dx W/Collj Spec When Pfrmd - Colonoscopy | $948.42 | $4,311.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy Flx Dx W/Collj Spec When Pfrmd - Colonoscopy | $948.42 | $4,311.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy Flx Dx W/Collj Spec When Pfrmd - Colonoscopy | $948.42 | $4,311.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy Flx Dx W/Collj Spec When Pfrmd - Colonoscopy | $995.94 | $4,527.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC COLONOSCOPY FLEXIBLE | $1,049.51 | $3,619.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC COLONOSCOPY FLEXIBLE | $1,049.51 | $3,619.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC COLONOSCOPY FLEXIBLE | $1,049.51 | $3,619.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN DIAGNOSTIC COLONOSCOPY | $1,162.73 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| DeKalb Community Hospital Smithville · Smithville, TN COLONSCOPY DCBA | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta · Cookeville, TN COLONSCOPY DCBA | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas River Park Hospital McMinnville · McMinnville, TN COLONOSCOPY DX | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN INCOMPLETE COLONOSCOPY | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COLON DC AFTER ANESTHESIA | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Stones River Hospital Woodbury · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COLONSCOPY DCAA | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Maury Regional Hospital Columbia · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Colonoscopy | $1,349.72 | $3,292.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Wayne Medical Center Waynesboro · Waynesboro, TN Colonoscopy | $1,349.72 | $3,292.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2540370000 - Colonoscopy 45378 | $1,458.89 | $2,662.21 | Jan 6, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY DIAGNOSTIC COLONOSCOPY | $1,640.28 | $8,455.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate procedure) | $1,692.64 | $7,264.54 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate procedure) | $1,729.21 | $5,304.31 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 45378 Colonoscopy, flexible diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing | $1,849.20 | $3,082.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg · Lawrenceburg, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate procedure) | $1,880.22 | $7,551.10 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Winchester Winchester · Winchester, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate procedure) | $1,967.84 | $7,966.97 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Starr Regional Medical Center - Athens Athens · Athens, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate procedure) | $1,987.25 | $10,139.04 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN DIAGNOSTIC COLONOSCOPY | $3,177.80 | $14,030.04 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Pulaski Pulaski · Pulaski, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate procedure) | $3,839.20 | $13,103.08 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette · Knoxville, TN DIAGNOSTIC COLONOSCOPY | $3,865.88 | $14,318.07 | Apr 1, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 9 | $1,049.51 | $1,261.31 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 5 | $948.42 | $948.42 |
| Knoxville, TN | 2 | $3,177.80 | $3,521.84 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 2 | $717.60 | $883.56 |
| Athens, TN | 1 | $1,987.25 | $1,987.25 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $1,640.28 | $1,640.28 |
| Cookeville, TN | 1 | $1,261.31 | $1,261.31 |
| Dayton, TN | 1 | $452.20 | $452.20 |
| Lawrenceburg, TN | 1 | $1,880.22 | $1,880.22 |
| Lewisburg, TN | 1 | $738.00 | $738.00 |
| McMinnville, TN | 1 | $1,261.31 | $1,261.31 |
| Pulaski, TN | 1 | $3,839.20 | $3,839.20 |
| Savannah, TN | 1 | $532.89 | $532.89 |
| Smithville, TN | 1 | $1,261.31 | $1,261.31 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $1,049.51 | $1,049.51 |
| Waynesboro, TN | 1 | $1,349.72 | $1,349.72 |
| Winchester, TN | 1 | $1,967.84 | $1,967.84 |
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 colonoscopy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Colonoscopy explained.
Colonoscopy, diagnostic in other states
- Alabama$2,014.35
- Alaska$1,620.84
- Arizona$2,275.83
- Arkansas$1,177.22
- California$2,080.00
- Colorado$2,018.88
- Connecticut$3,225.00
- Delaware$2,373.00, 4 hospitals
- Florida$3,018.67
- Georgia$3,968.25
- Hawaii$1,483.35
- Idaho$2,509.00
- Illinois$2,401.65
- Indiana$2,024.97
- Iowa$1,744.84
- Kansas$1,258.00
- Kentucky$3,074.40
- Louisiana$771.66
- Maine$1,263.75
- Maryland$2,639.92, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$2,276.50
- Michigan$1,063.88
- Minnesota$1,339.99
- Mississippi$984.70
- Missouri$1,683.35
- Montana$1,794.00
- Nebraska$1,996.21
- Nevada$1,491.55
- New Hampshire$1,279.39
- New Jersey$1,216.56
- New Mexico$1,385.20
- New York$1,945.66
- North Carolina$1,431.00
- North Dakota$1,846.40
- Ohio$2,726.10
- Oklahoma$1,480.96
- Oregon$2,103.75
- Pennsylvania$1,500.00
- Puerto Rico$471.05
- Rhode Island$3,102.47
- South Carolina$2,991.00
- South Dakota$2,144.00
- Texas$1,541.44
- Utah$2,095.45, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$3,114.00
- Virginia$1,415.00
- Washington$1,932.48
- West Virginia$1,266.50
- Wisconsin$1,741.38
- Wyoming$2,009.25
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.