Ear tubes surgery cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear: from $915.60 to $4,126.87, with a median of $2,177.67. The lowest price is at Metro Nashville General Hospital (Nashville). The highest price is 4.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,177.67, is 21% below the US median of $2,762.69.
- Tennessee ranks 16th of 36 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 69436. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$915.60Metro Nashville General Hospital
Median$2,177.67half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,126.87in Tennessee
Lowest saves$1,262.07vs 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 69436 Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia | $915.60 | $1,526.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC TYMPANOSTOMY W/ANES GENL | $1,429.70 | $4,930.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC TYMPANOSTOMY W/ANES GENL | $1,429.70 | $4,930.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC TYMPANOSTOMY W/ANES GENL | $1,429.70 | $4,930.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $1,939.95 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia | $2,076.17 | $8,910.61 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $2,279.16 | $10,359.80 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $3,106.97 | $14,122.58 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $3,106.97 | $14,122.58 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $3,106.97 | $14,122.58 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tympanostomy General Anesthesia | $3,717.89 | $16,899.49 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN CREATE EARDRUM OPENING | $4,126.87 | $18,220.19 | 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.
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 | $2,279.16 | $3,106.97 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4 | $915.60 | $1,684.82 |
| Knoxville, TN | 1 | $4,126.87 | $4,126.87 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $1,429.70 | $1,429.70 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $1,429.70 | $1,429.70 |
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 ear tubes surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Ear tubes surgery explained.
Ear tube placement (tympanostomy) under general anesthesia, one ear in other states
- Alabama$4,884.98
- Alaska$1,743.00, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$4,288.44
- Arkansas$1,975.24
- California$5,800.00
- Colorado$1,332.00
- Delaware$2,000.00, 3 hospitals
- Florida$7,768.00
- Georgia$2,001.00
- Hawaii$1,668.80, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$3,330.00
- Illinois$1,677.85
- Indiana$6,116.13
- Iowa$3,041.73
- Kansas$1,461.00
- Kentucky$5,127.08
- Louisiana$1,497.32
- Maine$362.90, 1 hospital
- Maryland$2,995.98, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$4,660.53
- Michigan$2,133.48
- Minnesota$1,841.80
- Mississippi$1,753.11
- Missouri$3,257.38
- Montana$1,417.75
- Nebraska$2,221.92
- Nevada$1,894.50
- New Hampshire$1,572.75, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$4,338.73
- New Mexico$2,160.00, 4 hospitals
- New York$1,752.89
- North Carolina$2,225.80
- North Dakota$2,508.93
- Ohio$4,287.00
- Oklahoma$3,111.16
- Oregon$2,926.95, 3 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$3,189.76
- Puerto Rico$600.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$4,512.01, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$5,198.12, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$3,700.80
- Texas$3,402.26
- Utah$2,335.22, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$402.50, 3 hospitals
- Virginia$4,338.69
- Washington$1,571.93
- West Virginia$1,755.75
- Wisconsin$610.62
- Wyoming$1,136.01, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.