Rapid strep test cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 60 hospitals publish a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $17.38 to $1,052.00, with a median of $36.00. The lowest price is at Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp (Memphis). The highest price is 60.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $36.00, is 39% below the US median of $59.00.
- That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.53).
- Tennessee ranks 7th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 9 of 60 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 87880. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$17.38Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp
Median$36.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,052.00in Tennessee
Lowest saves$18.62vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Strep a Assay W/Optic - POCT Rapid Strep A | $17.38 | $79.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Hancock County Hospital Sneedville · Sneedville, TN HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $19.78 | $86.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson County Community Hospital Mountain City · Mountain City, TN HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $19.78 | $86.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC STREPTOCOCCAL GROUP A AG SCRN | $20.10 | $134.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC | $21.49 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Rhea Medical Center Dayton · Dayton, TN STREP SCREEN | $21.76 | $32.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell · Tazewell, TN STREP A-RAPID | $22.96 | $82.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN POC LAB STREP A | $26.79 | $89.30 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC IMMUNO OPTICAL STREP A | $29.58 | $102.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC IMMUNO OPTICAL STREP A | $29.58 | $102.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC IMMUNO OPTICAL STREP A | $29.58 | $102.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Leconte Medical Center Sevierville · Sevierville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $33.35 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson Hixson · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC LAB RAPID STREP A AG | $34.34 | $116.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown · Morristown, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $34.50 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $34.50 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR STREP A SCREEN | $34.65 | $165.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR STREP A SCREEN | $34.65 | $165.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR STREP A SCREEN | $34.65 | $165.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Strep a Assay W/Optic - Rapid Strep a Screen | $34.76 | $158.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Strep a Assay W/Optic - Rapid Strep a Screen | $34.76 | $158.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Strep a Assay W/Optic - Rapid Strep a Screen | $34.76 | $158.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Strep a Assay W/Optic - Rapid Strep a Screen | $34.76 | $158.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County Huntingdon · Huntingdon, TN STREP A SCREEN | $35.19 | $153.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Cumberland Medical Center Crossville · Crossville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $36.80 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City · Knoxville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $37.95 | $115.00 | Aug 27, 2026 source file |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $37.95 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge · Knoxville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $37.95 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Roane County Medical Center Harriman · Knoxville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $37.95 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN RAPID STREP | $38.37 | $127.90 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Union City · Union City, TN STREP A SCREEN | $38.80 | $194.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington · Memphis, TN-MS-AR STREP A SCREEN | $48.96 | $204.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC LAB RAPID STREP A AG | $49.07 | $116.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Grp a Strep Assay W/Optic Obs | $49.13 | $170.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Lincoln Medical Center Fayetteville · Fayetteville, TN STREP ID | $50.75 | $107.07 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN STREP A ASSAY W-OPTI | $61.86 | $273.11 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Rapid Strep A POCT | $63.00 | $105.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Peninsula Hospital Louisville · Knoxville, TN STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A | $72.45 | $115.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette · Knoxville, TN STREP A ASSAY W-OPTI | $73.74 | $273.11 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital Paris · Paris, TN STREP GROUP A ID, DIRECT OBSERVATION | $89.00 | $89.00 | Jun 2, 2026 source file |
| Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Streptococcus, group A | $89.18 | $382.76 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC Grp a Strep Assay W/Optic Obs | $89.76 | $170.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY STREP A ASSAY W-OPTI | $94.31 | $486.07 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Streptococcus, group A | $109.13 | $334.74 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Regional One Health Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1107430000 - Strep A Assay W/Optic | $110.72 | $172.20 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Streptococcus, group A | $169.85 | $335.01 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Parkridge East Hospital East Ridge · Chattanooga, TN-GA STREP A OPTICAL IA | $399.04 | $399.04 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkridge West Hospital Jasper · Chattanooga, TN-GA Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Streptococcus, group A | $399.04 | $399.04 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA STREP A OPTICAL IA | $518.96 | $518.96 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkridge Valley Hospital Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA STREP A OPTICAL IA | $581.23 | $581.23 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN STREP A OPTICAL IA | $629.81 | $629.81 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN STREP A OPTICAL IA | $841.61 | $841.61 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN STREP A OPTICAL IA | $899.32 | $899.32 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical (ie, visual) observation; Streptococcus, group A | $1,052.00 | $1,052.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 12 | $21.49 | $99.16 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 10 | $17.38 | $34.76 |
| Knoxville, TN | 8 | $34.50 | $37.95 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 7 | $34.34 | $399.04 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $20.10 | $20.10 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $20.10 | $20.10 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $94.31 | $94.31 |
| Crossville, TN | 1 | $36.80 | $36.80 |
| Dayton, TN | 1 | $21.76 | $21.76 |
| Fayetteville, TN | 1 | $50.75 | $50.75 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $20.10 | $20.10 |
| Huntingdon, TN | 1 | $35.19 | $35.19 |
| Mountain City, TN | 1 | $19.78 | $19.78 |
| Morristown, TN | 1 | $34.50 | $34.50 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $49.13 | $49.13 |
| Paris, TN | 1 | $89.00 | $89.00 |
| Sneedville, TN | 1 | $19.78 | $19.78 |
| Sevierville, TN | 1 | $33.35 | $33.35 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $29.58 | $29.58 |
| Tazewell, TN | 1 | $22.96 | $22.96 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $29.58 | $29.58 |
| Union City, TN | 1 | $38.80 | $38.80 |
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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
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Rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually in other states
- Alabama$43.16
- Alaska$87.87
- Arizona$30.50
- Arkansas$26.65
- California$107.89
- Colorado$142.19
- Connecticut$46.63
- Delaware$114.75
- District of Columbia$102.00, 3 hospitals
- Florida$114.40
- Georgia$72.10
- Hawaii$55.50
- Idaho$61.51
- Illinois$61.00
- Indiana$77.70
- Iowa$53.90
- Kansas$72.00
- Kentucky$59.26
- Louisiana$26.55
- Maine$39.60
- Maryland$72.37
- Massachusetts$64.37
- Michigan$53.55
- Minnesota$54.56
- Mississippi$34.50
- Missouri$45.01
- Montana$48.75
- Nebraska$48.90
- Nevada$35.77
- New Hampshire$77.90
- New Jersey$18.18
- New Mexico$66.00
- New York$40.00
- North Carolina$57.25
- North Dakota$78.65
- Ohio$57.20
- Oklahoma$48.56
- Oregon$54.75
- Pennsylvania$63.30
- Puerto Rico$37.50
- Rhode Island$27.65, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$87.50
- South Dakota$75.65
- Texas$98.80
- Utah$112.60
- Vermont$67.00
- Virginia$89.50
- Washington$72.05
- West Virginia$40.75
- Wisconsin$45.58
- Wyoming$53.25
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.