Eye exam, new patient cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive eye exam by an eye doctor, new patient: from $57.04 to $201.26, with a median of $100.28. The lowest price is at Hancock County Hospital (Sneedville). The highest price is 3.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $100.28, is 47% below the US median of $188.51.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- Tennessee ranks 2nd of 22 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 92004. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$57.04Hancock County Hospital
Median$100.28half of hospitals charge less
Highest$201.26in Tennessee
Lowest saves$43.24vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County Hospital lowest Sneedville · Sneedville, TN HC OPHTH MEDICAL EXAM/EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1 OR MORE VST | $57.04 | $248.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC OPHTH MEDICAL EXAM/EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1 OR MORE VST | $58.35 | $389.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC OPHTH MEDICAL EXAM/EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1 OR MORE VST | $58.35 | $389.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC OPHTH MEDICAL EXAM/EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1 OR MORE VST | $58.35 | $389.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC OPHTH MEDICAL EXAM/EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1 OR MORE VST | $58.35 | $389.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 92004 Eye exam comprehensive new patient | $142.20 | $237.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COMPRE OPH EXAM NEW PT 1/> | $166.47 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC EYE EXAM NEW COMPREHENSIVE | $201.26 | $694.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC EYE EXAM NEW COMPREHENSIVE | $201.26 | $694.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC EYE EXAM NEW COMPREHENSIVE | $201.26 | $694.00 | Oct 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.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 3 | $58.35 | $58.35 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 3 | $142.20 | $166.47 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $58.35 | $58.35 |
| Sneedville, TN | 1 | $57.04 | $57.04 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $201.26 | $201.26 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $201.26 | $201.26 |
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 eye exam, new patient is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye exam, new patient explained.
Comprehensive eye exam by an eye doctor, new patient in other states
- Alabama$156.52, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$314.38, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$163.38, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$108.60
- California$245.28
- Colorado$130.15, 2 hospitals
- Connecticut$158.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$280.25, 2 hospitals
- Florida$481.65
- Georgia$207.01
- Idaho$121.00
- Illinois$132.00
- Indiana$388.16, 2 hospitals
- Iowa$233.10, 3 hospitals
- Kentucky$481.97
- Louisiana$73.28
- Maine$112.25, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$208.03
- Michigan$147.54
- Minnesota$130.05
- Mississippi$154.85
- Missouri$127.98
- Montana$221.60, 3 hospitals
- Nebraska$78.00, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$432.00, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$175.35, 4 hospitals
- New York$230.00
- North Dakota$121.30, 4 hospitals
- Ohio$256.60
- Oklahoma$287.85, 3 hospitals
- Oregon$159.25, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$152.80
- South Carolina$99.00, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$321.60
- Texas$241.00
- Vermont$185.37, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$58.35, 1 hospital
- Washington$169.40
- West Virginia$170.00
- Wisconsin$130.90
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.