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Bacterial Blood Culture Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 81 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 87040. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $54.23
📉 Low $12.99
📈 High $1,462
🏥 81 hospitals
🏛️ 65 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Tennessee
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 81 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | Cigna | UHC | Humana | Centene | Devoted | Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER SAVANNAH |
$12.99 | $11.05 | $11.38 | $6.71 | $6.75 | — | $16.58 | — | — |
| SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALTY SURGERY NASHVILLE |
$13.42 | $19.02 | — | — | $9.29 | — | — | — | — |
| LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$15.84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$17.94 | $11.55 | $11.66 | $23.10 | $10.32 | $22.98 | $22.62 | $23.75 | $22.62 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$17.94 | $10.32 | $11.66 | $23.10 | $7.31 | $56.27 | $55.38 | $58.15 | $55.38 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$17.94 | $10.32 | $11.66 | $23.10 | $7.31 | $56.27 | $55.38 | $58.15 | $55.38 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$18.00 | $10.16 | $10.26 | $10.84 | $10.16 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$18.00 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $7.31 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$18.00 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$18.00 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $8.77 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$18.00 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $8.77 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$18.00 | $10.42 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $5.26 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$18.00 | $10.63 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$18.00 | $10.63 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.94 | $10.84 | $10.32 |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$18.60 | — | $62.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOUSTON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ERIN |
$20.64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HAYWOOD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BROWNSVILLE |
$20.64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HENDERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEXINGTON |
$20.64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$24.57 | $10.73 | $58.10 | $10.84 | $9.17 | $10.94 | $12.98 | — | — |
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$31.20 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $6.60 | $10.63 | $10.84 | $10.84 | — |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$31.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$31.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$31.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$31.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$32.24 | $11.60 | $11.60 | $11.60 | $7.92 | $11.38 | $11.60 | $11.60 | — |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$32.24 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $6.60 | $10.63 | $10.84 | $10.84 | — |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$32.24 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $6.60 | $10.63 | $10.84 | $10.84 | — |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$32.24 | $11.60 | $11.60 | $11.60 | $6.60 | $11.38 | $11.60 | $11.60 | — |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$32.24 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $6.60 | $10.63 | $10.84 | $10.84 | — |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$32.24 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $6.60 | $10.63 | $10.84 | $10.84 | — |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$33.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$33.28 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $10.84 | $6.60 | $10.63 | $10.84 | $10.84 | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA |
$35.11 | $10.73 | $58.10 | $10.84 | $9.17 | $10.94 | $17.43 | — | — |
| MACON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE |
$37.14 | $17.95 | $52.62 | $17.95 | $6.39 | $17.95 | $17.95 | — | — |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$40.29 | $18.95 | — | $47.40 | — | $18.77 | — | — | — |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$42.23 | $7.33 | $10.63 | $10.32 | $7.05 | $10.32 | $10.63 | — | $10.32 |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$42.23 | $7.33 | $11.16 | $10.84 | $5.64 | $9.78 | $10.84 | — | $10.84 |
| MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$42.23 | $7.33 | $10.63 | $10.32 | $5.64 | $9.78 | $10.63 | — | $10.32 |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$45.50 | — | — | $10.42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$50.00 | $10.63 | $10.73 | $10.32 | $3.72 | $10.32 | $10.84 | $10.73 | $10.94 |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$54.23 | — | $11.56 | $11.15 | $10.32 | $9.78 | $10.32 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$54.23 | $20.57 | $11.56 | $11.15 | $10.32 | $9.78 | $10.32 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$54.23 | $20.57 | $11.56 | $11.15 | $10.32 | $9.78 | $10.32 | — | — |
| PENINSULA HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$65.52 | $10.84 | $9.26 | $10.84 | — | $10.63 | $10.84 | $10.84 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$79.82 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $14.45 | $9.29 | $10.32 | $13.42 | — | $10.32 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$79.82 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $14.45 | $9.29 | $10.32 | $13.42 | — | $10.32 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RIVER PARK HOSPITAL SPARTA RD MCMINNVILLE |
$79.82 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $14.45 | $9.29 | $10.32 | $13.42 | — | $10.32 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL HARDING PK NASHVILLE |
$79.82 | $10.73 | $10.53 | — | $10.32 | $10.32 | $13.42 | — | $9.70 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS DEKALB W MAIN ST SMITHVILLE |
$79.82 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $14.45 | $9.29 | $10.32 | $13.42 | — | $10.32 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$79.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$84.93 | $26.38 | $7.74 | $13.42 | $4.33 | $10.11 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.11 |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$91.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS MEMPHIS |
$91.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI PULASKI |
$91.89 | $74.00 | $55.00 | $52.20 | $40.40 | $74.00 | — | $103 | $100 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS GALLATIN |
$94.49 | $31.09 | $31.10 | $21.02 | $10.32 | $100 | $215 | $103 | $100 |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$106 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $7.05 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $10.32 | — |
| SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL BARTLETT BARTLETT |
$110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS CARTHAGE |
$110 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $64.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | — | $16.00 |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM SEWANEE HOSPITAL ROAD WINCHESTER |
$112 | $74.00 | $55.00 | $52.20 | $40.40 | $74.00 | — | $103 | $100 |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 87040, 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: $114 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 81 Tennessee hospitals above publish for Bacterial blood culture — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does bacterial blood culture cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for bacterial blood culture (CPT 87040) in Tennessee range from $12.99 to $1,462, with a median of $54.23. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest bacterial blood culture in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $12.99. 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 87040 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.