Cheapest hospitals in Tennessee without insurance
Of 88 hospitals in Tennessee we can compare, Claiborne Medical Center (Tazewell) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 58% below the Tennessee median across 274 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Tennessee hospitals, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell | 58% below | 269 of 274 | 5 of 274 |
| 2. Hardin County General Hospital Savannah | 53% below | 278 of 323 | 44 of 323 |
| 3. Johnson County Community Hospital Mountain City | 49% below | 322 of 332 | 9 of 332 |
| 4. Hancock County Hospital Sneedville | 48% below | 338 of 344 | 5 of 344 |
| 5. Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City | 48% below | 355 of 378 | 8 of 378 |
| 6. Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton | 48% below | 353 of 377 | 7 of 377 |
| 7. Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville | 48% below | 376 of 396 | 6 of 396 |
| 8. Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport | 48% below | 355 of 380 | 8 of 380 |
| 9. Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City | 48% below | 355 of 381 | 8 of 381 |
| 10. Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville | 48% below | 375 of 398 | 6 of 398 |
| 11. Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol | 47% below | 376 of 405 | 12 of 405 |
| 12. Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport | 47% below | 375 of 403 | 10 of 403 |
| 13. Leconte Medical Center Sevierville | 47% below | 299 of 311 | 10 of 311 |
| 14. Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville | 45% below | 307 of 330 | 17 of 330 |
| 15. Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown | 44% below | 287 of 310 | 17 of 310 |
| 16. Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City | 40% below | 259 of 310 | 34 of 310 |
| 17. Roane County Medical Center Harriman | 40% below | 270 of 322 | 34 of 322 |
| 18. Cumberland Medical Center Crossville | 39% below | 298 of 327 | 28 of 327 |
| 19. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge | 38% below | 277 of 338 | 41 of 338 |
| 20. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville | 38% below | 285 of 344 | 39 of 344 |
| 21. Houston County Community Hospital Erin | 36% below | 135 of 212 | 76 of 212 |
| 22. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Union City | 24% below | 261 of 348 | 84 of 348 |
| 23. Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville | 24% below | 301 of 452 | 146 of 452 |
| 24. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville | 18% below | 229 of 366 | 125 of 366 |
| 25. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis | 18% below | 229 of 366 | 125 of 366 |
| 26. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis | 18% below | 229 of 366 | 125 of 366 |
| 27. West Tennessee Healthcare Volunteer Hospital Martin | 14% below | 209 of 331 | 81 of 331 |
| 28. Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Jackson | 14% below | 206 of 329 | 82 of 329 |
| 29. West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital Dyersburg | 14% below | 206 of 329 | 82 of 329 |
| 30. West Tennessee Healthcare Milan Hospital Milan | 13% below | 206 of 328 | 81 of 328 |
| 31. West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital Camden | 13% below | 203 of 326 | 82 of 326 |
| 32. West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital Bolivar | 13% below | 204 of 328 | 83 of 328 |
| 33. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County Huntingdon | 13% below | 224 of 352 | 119 of 352 |
| 34. Rhea Medical Center Dayton | 11% below | 214 of 352 | 135 of 352 |
| 35. Maury Regional Hospital Marshall Medical Center Lewisburg | 10% below | 215 of 312 | 91 of 312 |
| 36. Sweetwater Hospital Association Sweetwater | 6% below | 171 of 307 | 131 of 307 |
| 37. Methodist South Hospital Memphis | 5% below | 193 of 345 | 107 of 345 |
| 38. Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown | 5% below | 265 of 488 | 141 of 488 |
| 39. Methodist North Hospital Memphis | 4% below | 264 of 486 | 138 of 486 |
| 40. Methodist University Hospital Memphis | 3% below | 262 of 487 | 144 of 487 |
| 41. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington | 2% below | 178 of 340 | 156 of 340 |
| 42. Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis | 1% below | 231 of 447 | 169 of 447 |
| 43. Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville | at median | 182 of 458 | 228 of 458 |
| 44. Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma | at median | 187 of 458 | 223 of 458 |
| 45. Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon | at median | 187 of 458 | 223 of 458 |
| 46. Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro | at median | 160 of 342 | 147 of 342 |
| 47. Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville | at median | 151 of 338 | 154 of 338 |
| 48. Saint Thomas River Park Hospital McMinnville | at median | 134 of 322 | 155 of 322 |
| 49. Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta | at median | 109 of 311 | 155 of 311 |
| 50. Lincoln Medical Center Fayetteville | at median | 152 of 310 | 153 of 310 |
| 51. Stones River Hospital Woodbury | at median | 107 of 307 | 153 of 307 |
| 52. Peninsula Hospital Louisville | at median | 66 of 134 | 66 of 134 |
| 53. DeKalb Community Hospital Smithville | at median | 107 of 312 | 158 of 312 |
| 54. Maury Regional Hospital Columbia | 3% above | 23 of 57 | 30 of 57 |
| 55. CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson Hixson | 7% above | 166 of 360 | 192 of 360 |
| 56. Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville | 8% above | 155 of 339 | 182 of 339 |
| 57. Wayne Medical Center Waynesboro | 9% above | 110 of 310 | 192 of 310 |
| 58. Macon Community Hospital Lafayette | 11% above | 116 of 290 | 173 of 290 |
| 59. Starr Regional Medical Center - Athens Athens | 28% above | 97 of 394 | 295 of 394 |
| 60. Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville | 34% above | 139 of 424 | 284 of 424 |
| 61. Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell | 35% above | 85 of 412 | 321 of 412 |
| 62. Unity Medical Center Manchester | 47% above | 88 of 346 | 257 of 346 |
| 63. Memorial Health Care System Chattanooga | 51% above | 102 of 361 | 255 of 361 |
| 64. Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin | 52% above | 66 of 426 | 356 of 426 |
| 65. Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville | 61% above | 78 of 475 | 393 of 475 |
| 66. Regional One Health Memphis | 63% above | 80 of 418 | 338 of 418 |
| 67. Lafollette Medical Center Lafollette | 64% above | 45 of 365 | 319 of 365 |
| 68. Williamson Medical Center Franklin | 69% above | 25 of 309 | 284 of 309 |
| 69. STRHS Winchester Winchester | 81% above | 72 of 390 | 314 of 390 |
| 70. Riverview Regional Medical Center Carthage | 85% above | 29 of 370 | 340 of 370 |
| 71. Erlanger Health Chattanooga | 85% above | 51 of 359 | 306 of 359 |
| 72. STRHS Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg | 86% above | 69 of 379 | 308 of 379 |
| 73. STRHS Pulaski Pulaski | 118% above | 27 of 347 | 319 of 347 |
| 74. West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital Paris | 124% above | 14 of 325 | 311 of 325 |
| 75. Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville | 200% above | 1 of 325 | 324 of 325 |
| 76. Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center Smyrna | 505% above | 1 of 290 | 289 of 290 |
| 77. Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield | 535% above | 3 of 287 | 284 of 287 |
| 78. Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Antioch | 707% above | 3 of 293 | 290 of 293 |
| 79. Parkridge Valley Hospital Chattanooga | 762% above | 6 of 299 | 292 of 299 |
| 80. Parkridge East Hospital East Ridge | 766% above | 6 of 288 | 281 of 288 |
| 81. Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga | 777% above | 4 of 299 | 295 of 299 |
| 82. Parkridge West Hospital Jasper | 777% above | 3 of 271 | 267 of 271 |
| 83. Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson | 803% above | 6 of 294 | 287 of 294 |
| 84. Tristar Summit Medical Center Mt Juliet | 834% above | 1 of 306 | 305 of 306 |
| 85. Tristar Skyline Medical Center Nashville | 913% above | 1 of 293 | 292 of 293 |
| 86. Tristar Centennial Medical Center Nashville | 924% above | 0 of 311 | 311 of 311 |
| 87. Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville | 926% above | 1 of 296 | 295 of 296 |
| 88. Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City | 1304% above | 4 of 252 | 248 of 252 |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.
Not in the ranking: Pathways of Tennessee (Jackson), Saint Thomas Hickman Hospital (Centerville), Saint Thomas West Hospital (Nashville), St Jude Childrens Research Hospital (Memphis) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).
Procedure costs in Tennessee
- MRI cost
- CT scan cost
- X-ray cost
- Ultrasound cost
- ER visit cost
- Blood test cost
- STD test cost
- Colonoscopy cost
- Doctor visit cost
- Annual physical cost
- Physical therapy cost
- Mammogram cost
- Heart test cost
- Therapy session cost
- Sleep study cost
- Pregnancy and birth cost
- Flu shot cost
- COVID-19 vaccine cost
- Vaccine cost
- Childhood vaccine cost
- Stitches cost
- Mole removal cost
- Cortisone shot cost
- Hysterectomy cost
- Eye exam cost
- Joint replacement cost
- Knee arthroscopy cost
- Shoulder surgery cost
- Cataract surgery cost
- Hernia repair cost
- Gallbladder removal cost
- Appendectomy cost
- Tonsillectomy cost
- Upper endoscopy cost
- Lumbar discectomy cost
- Spinal fusion cost
- Sinus surgery cost
- Thyroid surgery cost
- Hand surgery cost
- Weight loss surgery cost
- Coronary calcium score cost
- Nuclear stress test cost
- Vasectomy cost
- Circumcision cost
- Septoplasty cost
- Strep test cost
- Earwax removal cost
- Bone density scan cost
- Cholesterol test (lipid panel) cost
- Complete blood count (CBC) cost
- Cardioversion cost
Cheapest hospitals by metro area in Tennessee
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Tennessee hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.