Lumbar discectomy cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level: from $8,996.40 to $14,650.88, with a median of $10,321.42. The lowest price is at Rhea Medical Center (Dayton). The highest price is 1.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $10,321.42, is 6% above the US median of $9,692.39.
- Tennessee ranks 15th of 28 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 63030. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$8,996.40Rhea Medical Center
Median$10,321.42half of hospitals charge less
Highest$14,650.88in Tennessee
Lowest saves$1,325.02vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea Medical Center lowest Dayton · Dayton, TN LAMINOTOMY OR HEMILAMINECTOMY | $8,996.40 | $13,230.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LAMINOTOMY W/DECOMP.OF NERVE ROOTS W/EXCISION OF HERNIATED DISC/LUMBAR 63030 | $9,072.45 | $4,737.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Laminotomy Dcmprn Nrv Root 1 Ntrspc Lumbar | $9,533.07 | $43,332.15 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 63030 Laminotomy,w/decomp of nerve root/s; 1 interspace, lumbar | $9,613.80 | $16,023.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Laminotomy Dcmprn Nrv Root 1 Ntrspc Lumbar | $10,321.42 | $46,915.55 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Laminotomy Dcmprn Nrv Root 1 Ntrspc Lumbar | $10,321.42 | $46,915.55 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Laminotomy Dcmprn Nrv Root 1 Ntrspc Lumbar | $10,321.42 | $46,915.55 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Laminotomy Dcmprn Nrv Root 1 Ntrspc Lumbar | $10,551.32 | $47,960.53 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Laminotomy (hemilaminectomy), with decompression of nerve root(s), including partial facetectomy, foraminotomy and/or excision of herniated intervertebral disc; 1 interspace, lumbar | $14,419.43 | $61,885.95 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 63030 Low back disk surgery | $14,650.88 | $22,785.19 | Mar 25, 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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
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 | 6 | $9,533.07 | $10,321.42 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 3 | $9,072.45 | $9,613.80 |
| Dayton, TN | 1 | $8,996.40 | $8,996.40 |
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 lumbar discectomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lumbar discectomy explained.
Lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level in other states
- Alabama$14,981.93
- Alaska$15,570.86, 1 hospital
- Arizona$20,335.62, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$5,559.92
- California$9,286.00
- Colorado$12,042.96
- Connecticut$6,115.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$12,485.65, 1 hospital
- Florida$13,864.04
- Georgia$8,747.20
- Hawaii$16,251.20, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$14,738.00
- Illinois$8,572.26
- Indiana$13,860.80
- Iowa$5,751.50, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$9,600.00
- Kentucky$19,507.40, 3 hospitals
- Louisiana$7,740.00
- Massachusetts$8,278.68, 2 hospitals
- Michigan$10,332.61
- Minnesota$5,660.16
- Mississippi$11,573.92
- Missouri$13,367.05
- Montana$4,006.90
- Nebraska$6,057.51, 4 hospitals
- Nevada$7,892.00, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$8,351.42, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$5,580.00
- New Mexico$17,143.91
- New York$8,453.60
- North Carolina$8,434.82, 2 hospitals
- North Dakota$8,681.52, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$25,220.41
- Oklahoma$9,637.75
- Oregon$15,808.55, 4 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$13,891.49
- Rhode Island$10,402.88, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$23,595.92, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$8,576.17, 1 hospital
- Texas$8,789.82
- Vermont$15,262.91, 1 hospital
- Virginia$26,354.77
- Washington$10,148.13
- West Virginia$5,721.75
- Wisconsin$14,654.55
- Wyoming$4,269.87, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.