Hearing test cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $44.25 to $439.30, with a median of $113.96. The lowest price is at Bristol Regional Medical Center (Bristol) and 3 other hospitals. The highest price is 9.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $113.96, is 50% below the US median of $225.90.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- Tennessee ranks 6th of 37 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 92557. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$44.25Bristol Regional Medical Center + 3 more
Median$113.96half of hospitals charge less
Highest$439.30in Tennessee
Lowest saves$69.71vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Regional Medical Center lowest Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $44.25 | $295.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital lowest Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $44.25 | $295.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital lowest Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $44.25 | $295.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center lowest Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $44.25 | $295.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Pbb Comprehensive Hearing Test | $100.32 | $456.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $113.39 | $391.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $113.39 | $391.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $113.39 | $391.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $113.96 | $518.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $113.96 | $518.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $113.96 | $518.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $113.96 | $518.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO THRES AND SPEECH RECOG | $114.24 | $544.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO THRES AND SPEECH RECOG | $114.24 | $544.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO THRES AND SPEECH RECOG | $114.24 | $544.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $160.88 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $240.45 | $832.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $439.30 | $832.00 | Jan 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 8 | $100.32 | $113.96 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 3 | $44.25 | $44.25 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 2 | $113.39 | $137.14 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1 | $439.30 | $439.30 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $44.25 | $44.25 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $240.45 | $240.45 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $113.39 | $113.39 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $113.39 | $113.39 |
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 hearing test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Hearing test explained.
Comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears in other states
- Alabama$160.00
- Alaska$525.16, 4 hospitals
- Arizona$647.21
- Arkansas$81.60
- California$548.80
- Colorado$518.73
- Connecticut$254.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$749.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$425.53, 2 hospitals
- Florida$286.00
- Georgia$394.29
- Hawaii$275.10
- Idaho$414.00
- Illinois$256.90
- Indiana$192.96
- Iowa$108.75
- Kansas$121.00
- Kentucky$73.60
- Louisiana$104.16
- Maine$110.74
- Maryland$732.33, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$330.00
- Michigan$213.20
- Minnesota$154.70
- Mississippi$140.00
- Missouri$157.59
- Montana$121.40, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$124.45
- Nevada$266.00, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$127.14, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$184.26
- New Mexico$87.88, 2 hospitals
- New York$185.15
- North Carolina$158.50
- North Dakota$187.00
- Ohio$262.08
- Oklahoma$251.10, 2 hospitals
- Oregon$297.75
- Pennsylvania$360.00
- Rhode Island$237.30, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$281.63
- South Dakota$335.20
- Texas$299.76
- Utah$187.97, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$107.63, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$274.50
- Washington$175.50
- West Virginia$136.75
- Wisconsin$155.00
- Wyoming$138.00, 1 hospital
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.