Colonoscopy with biopsy cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 38 hospitals publish a cash price for colonoscopy with tissue sample: from $474.95 to $4,326.00, with a median of $1,261.31. The lowest price is at Hancock County Hospital (Sneedville) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 9.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,261.31, is 35% below the US median of $1,931.59.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,222.56).
- Tennessee ranks 4th 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 45380. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$474.95Hancock County Hospital + 1 more
Median$1,261.31half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,326.00in Tennessee
Lowest saves$786.36vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County Hospital lowest Sneedville · Sneedville, TN HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $474.95 | $2,065.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson County Community Hospital lowest Mountain City · Mountain City, TN HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $474.95 | $2,065.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $484.05 | $3,227.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Rhea Medical Center Dayton · Dayton, TN COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY A/O | $548.08 | $806.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Hardin County General Hospital Savannah · Savannah, TN 45380 Colonoscopy, flexible with biopsy, single or multiple | $642.90 | $1,682.98 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Unity Medical Center Manchester · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $927.20 | $1,159.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple - Colonoscopy | $948.42 | $4,311.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple - Colonoscopy | $948.42 | $4,311.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple - Colonoscopy | $948.42 | $4,311.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple - Colonoscopy | $995.94 | $4,527.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas River Park Hospital McMinnville · McMinnville, TN COL W/BIOPSY | $1,253.13 | $4,177.10 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| DeKalb Community Hospital Smithville · Smithville, TN COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta · Cookeville, TN COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Stones River Hospital Woodbury · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY | $1,261.31 | $4,204.35 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC COLONOSCOPY FLEX W/BIOPSY | $1,271.65 | $4,385.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC COLONOSCOPY FLEX W/BIOPSY | $1,271.65 | $4,385.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC COLONOSCOPY FLEX W/BIOPSY | $1,271.65 | $4,385.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $1,496.16 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2540280000 - COLONOSCOPY FLEX W/BIOSPY SINGLE/MULTIPL | $1,519.06 | $2,772.01 | Jan 6, 2025 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 45380 Colonoscopy, flexible with biopsy, single or multiple | $1,569.60 | $2,616.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | $1,692.64 | $7,264.54 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg · Lawrenceburg, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | $1,858.57 | $7,464.13 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | $2,032.27 | $6,233.95 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Starr Regional Medical Center - Athens Athens · Athens, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | $2,351.51 | $11,997.50 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $2,393.39 | $12,337.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Winchester Winchester · Winchester, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | $2,462.35 | $9,969.03 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $3,783.61 | $16,704.66 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Pulaski Pulaski · Pulaski, TN Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | $3,839.20 | $13,103.08 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette · Knoxville, TN COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $4,326.00 | $16,022.22 | 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 | 8 | $1,261.31 | $1,383.90 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 5 | $948.42 | $948.42 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $484.05 | $484.05 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $484.05 | $484.05 |
| Knoxville, TN | 2 | $3,783.61 | $4,054.80 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 2 | $927.20 | $1,099.42 |
| Athens, TN | 1 | $2,351.51 | $2,351.51 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $2,393.39 | $2,393.39 |
| Cookeville, TN | 1 | $1,261.31 | $1,261.31 |
| Dayton, TN | 1 | $548.08 | $548.08 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $484.05 | $484.05 |
| Lawrenceburg, TN | 1 | $1,858.57 | $1,858.57 |
| Mountain City, TN | 1 | $474.95 | $474.95 |
| McMinnville, TN | 1 | $1,253.13 | $1,253.13 |
| Pulaski, TN | 1 | $3,839.20 | $3,839.20 |
| Savannah, TN | 1 | $642.90 | $642.90 |
| Smithville, TN | 1 | $1,261.31 | $1,261.31 |
| Sneedville, TN | 1 | $474.95 | $474.95 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $1,271.65 | $1,271.65 |
| Winchester, TN | 1 | $2,462.35 | $2,462.35 |
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 with biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Colonoscopy with biopsy explained.
Colonoscopy with tissue sample in other states
- Alabama$2,203.41
- Alaska$1,799.73
- Arizona$3,059.75
- Arkansas$762.95
- California$2,325.95
- Colorado$2,544.00
- Connecticut$4,213.78
- Delaware$2,291.22, 4 hospitals
- Florida$3,597.60
- Georgia$1,391.58
- Hawaii$6,407.80
- Idaho$2,702.40
- Illinois$2,743.50
- Indiana$2,950.97
- Iowa$1,701.75
- Kansas$1,576.00
- Kentucky$1,914.41
- Louisiana$846.30
- Maine$1,545.34
- Maryland$2,709.58, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$2,338.70
- Michigan$1,771.89
- Minnesota$1,602.13
- Mississippi$1,291.72
- Missouri$1,508.87
- Montana$1,920.00
- Nebraska$2,361.16
- Nevada$1,368.30
- New Hampshire$1,758.43
- New Jersey$1,588.55
- New Mexico$1,935.28
- New York$1,395.28
- North Carolina$1,605.73
- North Dakota$1,846.40
- Ohio$3,336.40
- Oklahoma$1,564.05
- Oregon$1,945.11
- Pennsylvania$2,214.00
- Puerto Rico$538.99
- Rhode Island$3,101.40
- South Carolina$4,174.20
- South Dakota$1,766.40
- Texas$1,450.80
- Utah$2,274.18, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$3,751.50
- Virginia$1,748.19
- Washington$2,242.95
- West Virginia$1,608.50
- Wisconsin$2,043.51
- Wyoming$1,963.94
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.