Lab tests CPT 83605 Tennessee Outpatient

Lactic acid test cost in Tennessee

In Tennessee, 88 hospitals publish a cash price for lactate (lactic acid) blood test: from $15.04 to $1,319.30, with a median of $38.71. The lowest price is at Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery (Nashville). The highest price is 87.7× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 83605. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$15.04Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery

Median$38.71half pay less

Highest$1,319.30in Tennessee

Lowest saves$23.67vs the median

Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery lowest Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactic Acid	$15.04	$11.00	Apr 14, 2026 source file
Hancock County Hospital Sneedville · Sneedville, TN HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.40	$80.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Johnson County Community Hospital Mountain City · Mountain City, TN HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.40	$80.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	— source file
Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC LACTATE LACTIC ACID	$18.75	$125.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell · Tazewell, TN LACTIC ACID	$21.56	$77.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson Hixson · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC LAB LACTATE CSF	$23.09	$78.00	Feb 28, 2026 source file
Houston County Community Hospital Lexington · Lexington, TN LACTIC ACID	$23.14	$57.85	— source file
Lincoln Medical Center Fayetteville · Fayetteville, TN LACTIC ACID, CSF	$25.12	$53.00	— source file
Sweetwater Hospital Association Sweetwater · Sweetwater, TN LACTIC ACID GRAY TOP TUBE ON ICE	$25.99	$57.75	— source file
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson · Jackson, TN HC ASSAY OF LACTIC ACID - LACTATE	$27.60	$92.00	Jun 5, 2026 source file
West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital Bolivar · Bolivar, TN HC ASSAY OF LACTIC ACID - LACTATE	$27.60	$92.00	Jun 2, 2026 source file
West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital Camden · Camden, TN HC ASSAY OF LACTIC ACID - LACTATE	$27.60	$92.00	Jun 2, 2026 source file
West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital Dyersburg · Dyersburg, TN HC ASSAY OF LACTIC ACID - LACTATE	$27.60	$92.00	Jun 2, 2026 source file
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital Milan · Jackson, TN HC ASSAY OF LACTIC ACID - LACTATE	$27.60	$92.00	Jun 2, 2026 source file
West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital Martin · Martin, TN HC ASSAY OF LACTIC ACID - LACTATE	$27.60	$92.00	Jun 2, 2026 source file
Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1205130000 - LACTATE	$29.75	$54.30	— source file
Leconte Medical Center Sevierville · Sevierville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$31.32	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown · Morristown, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$32.40	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$32.40	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Rhea Medical Center Dayton · Dayton, TN LACTIC ACID, PLASMA DAILY/ SERIAL MED SU	$32.47	$47.75	— source file
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Assay of Lactic Acid - Lactic Acid, Venous, Whole Blood	$32.78	$149.00	— source file
Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Assay of Lactic Acid - Lactate	$32.78	$149.00	— source file
Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Assay of Lactic Acid - Lactate CSF	$32.78	$149.00	— source file
Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Assay of Lactic Acid - Lactate CSF	$32.78	$149.00	— source file
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Assay of Lactic Acid - Lactic Acid Body Fluid	$32.78	$149.00	— source file
Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC LAB LACTATE CSF	$33.00	$78.00	Feb 28, 2026 source file
Cumberland Medical Center Crossville · Crossville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$34.56	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City · Knoxville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$35.64	$108.00	Aug 27, 2026 source file
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$35.64	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge · Knoxville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$35.64	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Roane County Medical Center Harriman · Knoxville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$35.64	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID BLOOD	$37.61	$125.35	— source file
DeKalb Community Hospital Smithville · Smithville, TN LACTIC ACID (LACTATE) CSF	$37.62	$125.40	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta · Cookeville, TN LACTIC ACID (LACTATE) CSF	$37.62	$125.40	— source file
Saint Thomas River Park Hospital McMinnville · McMinnville, TN LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)	$37.62	$125.40	— source file
Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID (LACTATE)	$37.62	$125.40	— source file
Stones River Hospital Woodbury · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID (LACTATE) CSF	$37.62	$125.40	— source file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Union City · Union City, TN LACTIC ACID LEVEL	$39.80	$199.00	Feb 25, 2026 source file
Macon Community Hospital Lafayette · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID LEVEL	$41.64	$69.40	— source file
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Pbc Lactic Acid,Plasma	$43.06	$149.00	Jan 25, 2026 source file
Maury Regional Hospital Marshall Medical Center Lewisburg · Lewisburg, TN Lactic Acid	$52.07	$127.00	— source file
Wayne Medical Center Waynesboro · Waynesboro, TN POC LACTIC ACID	$54.53	$133.00	— source file
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC LACTATE/LACTIC ACID	$60.90	$210.00	Oct 1, 2025 source file
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC LACTATE/LACTIC ACID	$60.90	$210.00	Oct 1, 2025 source file
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC LACTATE/LACTIC ACID	$60.90	$210.00	Oct 1, 2025 source file
Starr Regional Medical Center - Athens Athens · Athens, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$65.31	$333.21	— source file
STRHS Winchester Winchester · Winchester, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$65.65	$265.77	— source file
Peninsula Hospital Louisville · Knoxville, TN LACTATE (LACTIC ACID)	$68.04	$108.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN LACTIC ACID	$70.77	$312.43	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC Lactic Acid	$78.67	$149.00	Jan 25, 2026 source file
Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette · Knoxville, TN Q1659 LACTIC ACID CS	$84.36	$312.43	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactic Acid, Body Fluid ARUP	$85.80	$143.00	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY LACTIC ACID	$88.07	$453.90	Jan 1, 2026 source file
Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$88.34	$379.13	— source file
STRHS Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg · Lawrenceburg, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$98.10	$393.98	— source file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR LACTIC ACID FLUID	$102.27	$487.00	Feb 27, 2026 source file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR LACTIC ACID LEVEL	$102.27	$487.00	Feb 28, 2026 source file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR LACTIC ACID LEVEL	$102.27	$487.00	Feb 27, 2026 source file
Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$102.95	$315.81	— source file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County Huntingdon · Huntingdon, TN LACTIC ACID LEVEL	$104.42	$454.00	Feb 27, 2026 source file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington · Memphis, TN-MS-AR LACTIC ACID LEVEL	$111.60	$465.00	Feb 27, 2026 source file
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC LACTATE/LACTIC ACID	$113.40	$210.00	Oct 1, 2025 source file
Williamson Medical Center Franklin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID BLOOD	$144.23	$255.80	— source file
Unity Medical Center Manchester · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN LACTIC ACID	$146.40	$183.00	— source file
Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$160.24	$316.06	— source file
STRHS Pulaski Pulaski · Pulaski, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$167.70	$572.34	— source file
Tristar Summit Medical Center Mt Juliet · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID	$220.00	$220.00	Sep 1, 2026 source file
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital Paris · Paris, TN LACTIC ACID *	$220.00	$220.00	Jun 2, 2026 source file
Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$230.04	$230.04	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Pinewood Springs Columbia · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID	$431.44	$431.44	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Tristar Skyline Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID BODY FL	$481.44	$481.44	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$577.46	$577.46	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID	$626.00	$626.00	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Parkridge East Hospital East Ridge · Chattanooga, TN-GA LACTIC ACID	$698.04	$698.04	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA LACTIC ACID	$698.04	$698.04	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Parkridge Valley Hospital Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA LACTIC ACID	$698.04	$698.04	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Parkridge West Hospital Jasper · Chattanooga, TN-GA LACTIC ACID	$698.04	$698.04	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID	$720.67	$720.67	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Lactate (lactic acid)	$829.39	$829.39	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID	$878.00	$878.00	Sep 1, 2026 source file
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Portland · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LACTIC ACID	$1,319.30	$1,319.30	Sep 1, 2026 source file

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	22	$15.04	$152.24
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	10	$29.75	$32.78
Knoxville, TN	8	$32.40	$35.64
Chattanooga, TN-GA	7	$23.09	$698.04
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	4	$18.75	$18.75
Johnson City, TN	3	$18.75	$18.75
Jackson, TN	2	$27.60	$27.60
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN	2	$60.90	$103.65
Athens, TN	1	$65.31	$65.31
Bolivar, TN	1	$27.60	$27.60
Camden, TN	1	$27.60	$27.60
Clarksville, TN-KY	1	$88.07	$88.07
Cookeville, TN	1	$37.62	$37.62
Crossville, TN	1	$34.56	$34.56
Dayton, TN	1	$32.47	$32.47
Dyersburg, TN	1	$27.60	$27.60
Fayetteville, TN	1	$25.12	$25.12
Greeneville, TN	1	$18.75	$18.75
Huntingdon, TN	1	$104.42	$104.42
Lexington, TN	1	$23.14	$23.14
Lawrenceburg, TN	1	$98.10	$98.10
Lewisburg, TN	1	$52.07	$52.07
Mountain City, TN	1	$18.40	$18.40
Martin, TN	1	$27.60	$27.60
McMinnville, TN	1	$37.62	$37.62
Morristown, TN	1	$32.40	$32.40
Pikeville, TN	1	$43.06	$43.06
Pulaski, TN	1	$167.70	$167.70
Paris, TN	1	$220.00	$220.00
Smithville, TN	1	$37.62	$37.62
Sneedville, TN	1	$18.40	$18.40
Sweetwater, TN	1	$25.99	$25.99
Sevierville, TN	1	$31.32	$31.32
Shelbyville, TN	1	$60.90	$60.90
Tazewell, TN	1	$21.56	$21.56
Union City, TN	1	$39.80	$39.80
Waynesboro, TN	1	$54.53	$54.53
Winchester, TN	1	$65.65	$65.65

What it is

A lactic acid test measures lactate in the blood. It is used mainly in the emergency department and hospital to look for sepsis, shock or poor blood flow to tissues.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.

Lactate (lactic acid) blood test in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.