Cortisol (CPT 82533) Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 77 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 82533. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $54.60
📉 Low $21.19
📈 High $1,102
🏥 77 hospitals
🏛️ 64 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Tennessee
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 77 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | UHC | Cigna | Humana | Centene | Devoted | Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALTY SURGERY NASHVILLE |
$21.19 | $30.02 | — | $14.67 | — | — | — | — | — |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$21.42 | — | — | — | $16.45 | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS MEMPHIS |
$24.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$24.86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL BARTLETT BARTLETT |
$26.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$28.29 | $15.51 | $15.66 | $11.55 | $36.09 | $88.73 | $87.33 | $91.70 | $87.33 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$28.29 | $15.51 | $15.66 | $11.55 | $36.09 | $88.73 | $87.33 | $91.70 | $87.33 |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$28.29 | $15.51 | $15.66 | $15.51 | $36.09 | $36.24 | $35.67 | $37.45 | $35.67 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$28.65 | $13.65 | $13.78 | $13.65 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$28.65 | $15.06 | $16.30 | $8.32 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$28.65 | $14.11 | $14.25 | $13.70 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$28.65 | $14.11 | $14.25 | $13.86 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$28.65 | $15.06 | $15.66 | $16.30 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$28.65 | $15.51 | $15.66 | $11.55 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$28.65 | $14.29 | $14.43 | $14.30 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$28.65 | $15.06 | $15.66 | $16.30 | $17.12 | $16.30 | $17.28 | $17.12 | $16.30 |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$29.40 | — | $98.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$30.50 | $16.79 | $16.95 | $5.87 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $17.12 | $16.95 | $17.28 |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$33.56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER SAVANNAH |
$33.62 | $17.46 | $17.98 | $10.66 | $10.60 | — | $26.19 | — | — |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$41.54 | $17.12 | $17.12 | $10.43 | $17.12 | $16.79 | $17.12 | $17.12 | — |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$41.54 | $17.12 | $17.12 | $10.43 | $17.12 | $16.79 | $17.12 | $17.12 | — |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$41.54 | $18.33 | $18.33 | $12.51 | $18.33 | $17.98 | $18.33 | $18.33 | — |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$41.54 | $17.12 | $17.12 | $10.43 | $17.12 | $16.79 | $17.12 | $17.12 | — |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$41.54 | $18.33 | $18.33 | $10.43 | $18.33 | $17.98 | $18.33 | $18.33 | — |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$41.54 | $17.12 | $17.12 | $10.43 | $17.12 | $16.79 | $17.12 | $17.12 | — |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$42.88 | $17.12 | $17.12 | $10.43 | $17.12 | $16.79 | $17.12 | $17.12 | — |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$47.43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$48.43 | — | $18.26 | $16.30 | $17.60 | $15.45 | $16.30 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$48.43 | $32.47 | $18.26 | $16.30 | $17.60 | $15.45 | $16.30 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$48.43 | $32.47 | $18.26 | $16.30 | $17.60 | $15.45 | $16.30 | — | — |
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$49.20 | $17.12 | $17.12 | $10.43 | $17.12 | $16.79 | $17.12 | $17.12 | — |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$49.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$49.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$49.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$49.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$50.84 | $11.56 | $16.79 | $11.12 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.79 | — | $16.30 |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$54.32 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $11.12 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.30 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL HARDING PK NASHVILLE |
$54.60 | $16.95 | $16.63 | $16.30 | — | $16.30 | $21.19 | — | $15.32 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RIVER PARK HOSPITAL SPARTA RD MCMINNVILLE |
$54.60 | $16.30 | $16.63 | $14.67 | $22.82 | $16.30 | $21.19 | — | $16.30 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS DEKALB W MAIN ST SMITHVILLE |
$54.60 | $16.30 | $16.63 | $14.67 | $22.82 | $16.30 | $21.19 | — | $16.30 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$54.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$54.60 | $16.30 | $16.63 | $14.67 | $22.82 | $16.30 | $21.19 | — | $16.30 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$54.60 | $16.30 | $16.63 | $14.67 | $22.82 | $16.30 | $21.19 | — | $16.30 |
| MACON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE |
$58.68 | $28.36 | $83.13 | $10.08 | $28.36 | $28.36 | $28.36 | — | — |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$61.50 | $11.56 | $17.63 | $8.90 | $17.12 | $15.45 | $17.12 | — | $17.12 |
| MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$61.50 | $11.56 | $16.79 | $8.90 | $16.30 | $15.45 | $16.79 | — | $16.30 |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ETOWAH ETOWAH |
$66.46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$66.46 | $74.00 | $51.00 | $40.40 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $300 | $103 | $100 |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$73.98 | $34.81 | — | — | $87.04 | $34.47 | — | — | — |
| TRISTAR SKYLINE MEDICAL CENTER NASHVILLE |
$77.00 | $16.79 | $12.96 | $16.30 | $25.10 | $16.30 | $16.79 | $16.30 | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$90.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LAWRENCEBURG | $90.29 | $74.00 | — | $40.40 | $52.20 | $74.00 | — | $103 | $100 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS GALLATIN |
$92.94 | $49.08 | $31.10 | $16.30 | $32.92 | $100 | $215 | $103 | $100 |
| NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL NASVILLE |
$95.40 | $16.30 | $87.45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$98.28 | $16.95 | $232 | $14.48 | $17.11 | $17.28 | $20.50 | — | — |
| PENINSULA HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$103 | $17.12 | $14.62 | — | $17.12 | $16.79 | $17.12 | $17.12 | — |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS CARTHAGE |
$108 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $64.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | — | $16.00 |
| VITRUVIAN HEALTH BRADLEY MEDICAL CENTER CLEVELAND |
$122 | $16.30 | $16.79 | $14.67 | $24.73 | — | $16.95 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$134 | $41.15 | $12.23 | $6.85 | $21.19 | $15.97 | $16.30 | $16.29 | $15.97 |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 82533, 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: $84.60 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 77 Tennessee hospitals above publish for Cortisol — 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 cortisol cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for cortisol (CPT 82533) in Tennessee range from $21.19 to $1,102, with a median of $54.60. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest cortisol in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $21.19. 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 82533 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.