Emergency Department Visit with Low Level of Medical Decision Making Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 81 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 99283. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $309
📉 Low $3.82
📈 High $2,753
🏥 81 hospitals
🏛️ 69 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $65.53
Hospital comparison — Tennessee
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 81 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | Aetna | Cigna | BCBS | UHC | Humana | Centene | Medicare | Devoted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL NASVILLE |
$3.82 | $3.50 | $60.28 | $68.85 | $35.96 | $65.39 | $65.39 | $65.39 | — |
| HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER SAVANNAH |
$66.85 | $273 | $300 | $265 | $210 | — | $398 | — | — |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$74.97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HENDERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEXINGTON |
$81.58 | $63.08 | $48.23 | $48.60 | $50.00 | $64.71 | $93.52 | — | — |
| HOUSTON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ERIN |
$81.58 | $63.08 | $48.23 | $48.60 | $50.00 | $64.71 | $93.52 | — | — |
| HAYWOOD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BROWNSVILLE |
$81.58 | $63.08 | $48.23 | $48.60 | $50.00 | $64.71 | $93.52 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$89.61 | $52.97 | $52.97 | — | — | $49.04 | $53.95 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$89.61 | $52.97 | $52.97 | — | — | $49.04 | $53.95 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$89.61 | $52.97 | $52.97 | — | — | $49.04 | $53.95 | — | — |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$105 | $70.48 | $70.48 | $70.48 | $70.48 | $70.48 | $70.48 | — | $70.48 |
| UNITY MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$159 | — | — | $347 | $199 | — | — | $64.22 | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$167 | $70.62 | $70.62 | $72.39 | $65.39 | $67.98 | $71.93 | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$167 | $70.62 | $70.62 | $72.39 | $65.39 | $67.98 | $71.93 | — | — |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$188 | $57.80 | $66.66 | $57.54 | $66.48 | $66.48 | $265 | $268 | $263 |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$189 | $630 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$199 | — | $235 | $75.33 | — | $74.59 | — | — | — |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$201 | $253 | $266 | $86.00 | $51.00 | $258 | $253 | $253 | $266 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$201 | $621 | $624 | $86.00 | $50.00 | $630 | $621 | $621 | $652 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$201 | $621 | $624 | $86.00 | $50.00 | $630 | $621 | $621 | $652 |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$205 | $259 | $272 | $86.00 | $51.00 | $259 | $274 | $259 | $272 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$205 | $248 | $260 | $105 | $51.00 | $248 | $263 | $248 | $260 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$205 | $255 | $267 | $86.00 | $50.00 | $255 | $270 | $255 | $267 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$205 | $248 | $260 | $86.00 | $50.00 | $248 | $263 | $248 | $260 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$205 | $248 | $260 | $86.00 | $50.00 | $248 | $263 | $248 | $260 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$205 | $248 | $260 | $86.00 | $50.00 | $248 | $263 | $248 | $260 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$205 | $259 | $272 | $86.00 | $51.00 | $259 | $274 | $259 | $272 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$205 | $255 | $267 | $86.00 | $37.00 | $255 | $270 | $255 | $267 |
| PATHWAYS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES JACKSON |
$219 | — | — | $59.47 | $74.00 | — | — | — | — |
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$225 | $265 | $265 | $215 | $260 | $260 | $265 | — | $265 |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$232 | $265 | $265 | $215 | $260 | $260 | $265 | — | $265 |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$232 | $265 | $265 | $215 | $260 | $260 | $265 | — | $265 |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$232 | $284 | $284 | $215 | $279 | $279 | $284 | — | $284 |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$232 | $265 | $265 | $215 | $260 | $260 | $265 | — | $265 |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$232 | $265 | $265 | $215 | $260 | $260 | $265 | — | $265 |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$232 | $284 | $284 | $215 | $279 | $279 | $284 | — | $284 |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$240 | $265 | $265 | $215 | $260 | $260 | $265 | — | $265 |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$252 | $284 | $261 | $96.75 | $275 | $275 | $280 | $275 | $280 |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$271 | — | $255 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$287 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$309 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$309 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$309 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$309 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$322 | $51.00 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $40.40 | $74.00 | $300 | $100 | $103 |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ETOWAH ETOWAH |
$322 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALTY SURGERY NASHVILLE |
$341 | — | — | $584 | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM SEWANEE HOSPITAL ROAD WINCHESTER |
$377 | $52.00 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $40.40 | $74.00 | — | $100 | $103 |
| LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$378 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI PULASKI |
$410 | $52.00 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $40.40 | $74.00 | — | $100 | $103 |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$450 | $989 | $260 | $111 | $295 | $263 | $304 | — | — |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$477 | $303 | $294 | $103 | $294 | $90.00 | $294 | $294 | — |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$477 | $1,433 | $1,067 | $103 | $450 | $90.00 | — | — | — |
| MACON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE |
$498 | $706 | $241 | $241 | $180 | $241 | $241 | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LAWRENCEBURG | $520 | $52.00 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $40.40 | $74.00 | — | $100 | $103 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS GALLATIN |
$528 | $31.10 | $52.20 | $100 | $102 | $100 | $215 | $100 | $103 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS CARTHAGE |
$616 | $16.00 | $64.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA |
$643 | $989 | $260 | $111 | $295 | $263 | $319 | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$735 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$735 | $56.40 | $1,592 | $87.77 | $261 | $261 | $340 | $261 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$735 | $56.40 | $1,592 | $87.77 | $265 | $265 | $345 | $265 | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 99283, 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: $522 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 Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making — 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 99283 in Tennessee, Medicare reimburses about $65.53 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Tennessee range from $3.82 to $2,753 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 4.7x 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 emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making (CPT 99283) in Tennessee range from $3.82 to $2,753, with a median of $309. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $3.82. 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 99283 (Doctor Visits). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.