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Application of Ultrasound, each 15 Minutes Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 75 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 97035. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $31.90
📉 Low $10.20
📈 High $661
🏥 75 hospitals
🏛️ 64 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $13.57
Hospital comparison — Tennessee
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 75 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Cigna | Aetna | BCBS | Centene | Humana | Devoted | Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$10.20 | $182 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$10.54 | $182 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$10.54 | $181 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$10.54 | $182 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$10.54 | $182 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$10.54 | $182 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$10.54 | $182 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$10.88 | $182 | $138 | $150 | $15.27 | $156 | — | — | — |
| UNITY MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$11.50 | $14.37 | — | — | $14.37 | — | — | — | $13.30 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$15.87 | $39.73 | $32.02 | $40.11 | $13.57 | $48.99 | $49.77 | $51.44 | $48.99 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$15.87 | $39.73 | $32.02 | $40.11 | $13.57 | $48.99 | $49.77 | $51.44 | $48.99 |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$15.87 | $20.01 | $21.01 | $20.01 | $15.00 | $20.01 | $20.33 | $21.01 | $20.01 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.57 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.57 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.71 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.98 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.57 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.57 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.57 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$16.35 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 | $13.98 | $14.38 | $13.57 | $14.25 | $13.57 |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$16.80 | — | — | $56.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$20.38 | $10.45 | $13.06 | $13.58 | $13.45 | $13.71 | $13.06 | $13.58 | $13.84 |
| HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER SAVANNAH |
$21.77 | $55.00 | $209 | $10.08 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MACON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE |
$23.52 | $11.37 | $11.37 | $33.32 | $11.37 | $11.37 | $11.37 | — | — |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$24.60 | — | — | $69.60 | $18.02 | — | $15.11 | — | — |
| MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$24.60 | $13.06 | $13.06 | $13.45 | $13.52 | $13.45 | $13.06 | — | $13.06 |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$24.60 | $13.71 | $13.71 | $14.12 | $14.19 | $13.71 | $13.14 | — | $13.71 |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$26.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$26.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$26.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$26.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL HARDING PK NASHVILLE |
$30.15 | $13.06 | — | $13.32 | $13.58 | $16.98 | $13.06 | — | $12.28 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$30.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RIVER PARK HOSPITAL SPARTA RD MCMINNVILLE |
$30.15 | $13.06 | $18.09 | $13.32 | $13.06 | $16.98 | $13.06 | — | $13.06 |
| UNITY PSYCHIATRIC CARE MARTIN MARTIN |
$31.90 | $31.90 | $31.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNITY PSYCHIATRIC CARE COLUMBIA COLUMBIA |
$31.90 | $31.90 | $31.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNITY PSYCHIATRIC CARE CLARKSVILLE CLARKSVILLE |
$31.90 | $31.90 | $31.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNITY PSYCHIATRIC CARE MEMPHIS MEMPHIS |
$31.90 | $31.90 | $31.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$32.47 | — | $38.20 | — | $15.28 | — | $15.12 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$34.41 | $12.85 | $16.98 | $13.24 | $16.81 | $13.06 | $12.85 | $13.05 | $12.85 |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$39.98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$40.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS DEKALB W MAIN ST SMITHVILLE |
$41.91 | $13.06 | $18.09 | $13.32 | $12.93 | $16.98 | $13.06 | — | $13.06 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$41.91 | $13.06 | $18.09 | $13.32 | $12.93 | $16.98 | $13.06 | — | $13.06 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$41.91 | $13.06 | $18.09 | $13.32 | $12.93 | $16.98 | $13.06 | — | $13.06 |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$42.66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$48.14 | $9.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$48.14 | $9.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$48.14 | $9.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$53.28 | $70.00 | $121 | $126 | $19.24 | $36.00 | — | — | — |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS GALLATIN |
$59.92 | $102 | $52.20 | $31.10 | $33.64 | $215 | $100 | $103 | $100 |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$65.52 | $10.19 | $13.71 | $13.06 | $13.06 | $13.32 | $13.06 | $13.32 | — |
| NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL NASVILLE |
$68.40 | — | $6.64 | $62.70 | $13.72 | — | — | — | — |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS CARTHAGE |
$69.83 | $16.00 | $64.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | — | $16.00 |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$71.08 | $40.40 | $52.20 | $51.00 | $74.00 | $300 | $74.00 | $103 | $100 |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ETOWAH ETOWAH |
$71.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VITRUVIAN HEALTH BRADLEY MEDICAL CENTER CLEVELAND |
$73.80 | $14.25 | — | $13.98 | $13.57 | $14.11 | — | — | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA |
$76.14 | $70.00 | $121 | $126 | $19.24 | $37.80 | — | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$89.64 | $12.92 | $13.95 | $13.95 | $15.83 | $14.21 | $13.65 | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$89.64 | $12.92 | $13.95 | $13.95 | $15.83 | $14.21 | $13.65 | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 97035, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $68.91 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $31.90 for this?
That is the median of what the 75 Tennessee hospitals above publish for Application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 97035 in Tennessee, Medicare reimburses about $13.57 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Tennessee range from $10.20 to $661 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 2.4x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes (CPT 97035) in Tennessee range from $10.20 to $661, with a median of $31.90. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest application of ultrasound, each 15 minutes in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $10.20. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Tennessee facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 97035 (Doctor Visits). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.