PET/CT scan cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 45 hospitals publish a cash price for PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh: from $1,150.82 to $12,919.96, with a median of $1,999.84. The lowest price is at Methodist North Hospital (Memphis) and 3 other hospitals. The highest price is 11.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,999.84, is 55% below the US median of $4,426.00.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,460.92).
- Tennessee ranks 5th of 44 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 78815. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,150.82Methodist North Hospital + 3 more
Median$1,999.84half of hospitals charge less
Highest$12,919.96in Tennessee
Lowest saves$849.02vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist North Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Pet Image W/CT Skull-Thigh - Pt/CT Bone Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $1,150.82 | $5,231.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Pet Image W/CT Skull-Thigh - Pt/CT Bone Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $1,150.82 | $5,231.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Pet Image W/CT Skull-Thigh - Pt/CT Bone Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $1,150.82 | $5,231.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital lowest Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Pet Image W/CT Skull-Thigh - Pt/CT Bone Skull Base to Mid Thigh | $1,150.82 | $5,231.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Pet CT Skull to Thigh | $1,472.46 | $5,095.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC NM PET CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,537.20 | $10,248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH | $1,787.86 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson · Jackson, TN HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,937.70 | $6,459.00 | Jun 5, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital Bolivar · Bolivar, TN HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,937.70 | $6,459.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital Camden · Camden, TN HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,937.70 | $6,459.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital Dyersburg · Dyersburg, TN HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,937.70 | $6,459.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital Milan · Jackson, TN HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,937.70 | $6,459.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital Martin · Martin, TN HC PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH - PT/CT BONE SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $1,937.70 | $6,459.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC PET W/CT TUMR SKULL MID-THIGH | $1,999.84 | $6,896.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC PET W/CT TUMR SKULL MID-THIGH | $1,999.84 | $6,896.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC PET W/CT TUMR SKULL MID-THIGH | $1,999.84 | $6,896.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY PET-IMG /CT SKL-THI | $2,168.70 | $11,178.82 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson Hixson · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC PET IMG SKULL BASE TO MID-THG W/CT | $2,254.04 | $7,615.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Starr Regional Medical Center - Athens Athens · Athens, TN Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh | $2,402.62 | $12,258.26 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Unity Medical Center Manchester · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN PET SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $2,441.60 | $3,052.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Winchester Winchester · Winchester, TN Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh | $2,469.51 | $9,998.00 | Jul 11, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Union City · Union City, TN HC PET PET/CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $2,495.60 | $12,478.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Maury Regional Hospital Marshall Medical Center Lewisburg · Lewisburg, TN PET CT Skull Base to Thigh Prostate PSMA | $2,503.05 | $6,105.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Wayne Medical Center Waynesboro · Waynesboro, TN PET CT Skull Base to Thigh Prostate PSMA | $2,503.05 | $6,105.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN PET-IMG /CT SKL-THI | $2,535.23 | $11,193.07 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC Pet CT Skull to Thigh | $2,690.16 | $5,095.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC PET PET/CT SKULL BASE TO MID-THIGH Q0 | $2,835.00 | $13,500.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC PET PET/CT SKULL BASE TO MID-THIGH Q0 | $2,835.00 | $13,500.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC PET PET/CT SKULL BASE TO MID-THIGH Q0 | $2,835.00 | $13,500.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette · Knoxville, TN PET-IMG /CT SKL-THI | $3,022.13 | $11,193.07 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC PET PET/CT SKULL BASE TO MID THIGH | $3,114.48 | $12,977.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC PET IMG SKULL BASE TO MID-THG W/CT | $3,221.15 | $7,615.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Williamson Medical Center Franklin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN TUMOR IMAGING, PET/CT, SKULL-T | $3,558.72 | $6,311.70 | Aug 1, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 78815781824 - PET IMAGE W/CT SKULL-THIGH 78815 | $3,714.76 | $5,777.23 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN PET CT Skull Base to Midthigh | $4,420.20 | $7,367.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh | $5,937.58 | $25,483.16 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh | $8,307.51 | $25,483.16 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Positron emission tomography (PET) with concurrently acquired computed tomography (CT) for attenuation correction and anatomical localization imaging; skull base to mid-thigh | $12,919.96 | $25,483.16 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
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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
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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 | 9 | $1,150.82 | $2,835.00 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 7 | $1,787.86 | $4,420.20 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $1,537.20 | $1,537.20 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 3 | $2,254.04 | $2,690.16 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $1,537.20 | $1,537.20 |
| Jackson, TN | 2 | $1,937.70 | $1,937.70 |
| Knoxville, TN | 2 | $2,535.23 | $2,778.68 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 2 | $1,999.84 | $2,220.72 |
| Athens, TN | 1 | $2,402.62 | $2,402.62 |
| Bolivar, TN | 1 | $1,937.70 | $1,937.70 |
| Camden, TN | 1 | $1,937.70 | $1,937.70 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $2,168.70 | $2,168.70 |
| Dyersburg, TN | 1 | $1,937.70 | $1,937.70 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $1,537.20 | $1,537.20 |
| Lewisburg, TN | 1 | $2,503.05 | $2,503.05 |
| Martin, TN | 1 | $1,937.70 | $1,937.70 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $1,472.46 | $1,472.46 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $1,999.84 | $1,999.84 |
| Union City, TN | 1 | $2,495.60 | $2,495.60 |
| Waynesboro, TN | 1 | $2,503.05 | $2,503.05 |
| Winchester, TN | 1 | $2,469.51 | $2,469.51 |
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 PET/CT scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: PET/CT scan explained.
PET/CT scan from the base of the skull to mid-thigh in other states
- Alabama$3,334.35
- Alaska$9,141.60, 1 hospital
- Arizona$5,742.76
- Arkansas$1,652.12
- California$7,218.40
- Colorado$7,146.56
- Connecticut$7,222.84
- Delaware$6,480.73
- District of Columbia$5,840.75, 3 hospitals
- Florida$5,759.00
- Georgia$3,529.11
- Hawaii$3,532.20
- Idaho$6,944.40
- Illinois$5,905.20
- Indiana$4,058.40
- Iowa$4,210.40
- Kansas$3,803.29
- Kentucky$3,743.14
- Louisiana$1,947.68
- Maine$3,271.10
- Maryland$6,530.25
- Massachusetts$5,553.00
- Michigan$5,519.90
- Minnesota$2,782.85
- Mississippi$2,966.64
- Missouri$4,270.46
- Montana$5,464.42
- Nebraska$5,350.49
- Nevada$1,555.00
- New Hampshire$3,871.28
- New Jersey$1,850.11
- New Mexico$3,573.00
- New York$4,004.95
- North Carolina$3,952.20
- North Dakota$3,949.14
- Ohio$4,854.75
- Oklahoma$3,981.64
- Oregon$4,612.98
- Pennsylvania$7,245.60
- Puerto Rico$6,250.00, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$3,703.00, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$4,294.75
- South Dakota$7,357.20, 2 hospitals
- Texas$4,263.76
- Utah$2,964.92, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$6,743.68, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$4,409.00
- Washington$4,391.15
- West Virginia$3,362.75
- Wisconsin$4,245.00
- Wyoming$7,654.00, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.