External Shock to Heart to Regulate Heart Beat Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 78 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 92960. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
Hospital comparison — Tennessee
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 78 hospitals.
| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Centene | Cigna | Medicare | Devoted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$48.19 | $615 | $64.25 | $174 | $615 | $627 | $81.60 | — | $627 |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$49.80 | $473 | $64.25 | $174 | $659 | $672 | $81.92 | — | $672 |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$49.80 | $475 | $64.25 | $174 | $615 | $627 | $81.92 | — | $627 |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$49.80 | $475 | $64.25 | $174 | $615 | $627 | $81.92 | — | $627 |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$49.80 | $475 | $64.25 | $174 | $659 | $672 | $81.92 | — | $672 |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$49.80 | $475 | $64.25 | $174 | $615 | $627 | $81.92 | — | $627 |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$49.80 | $475 | $64.25 | $174 | $615 | $627 | $81.92 | — | $627 |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$51.40 | $475 | $64.25 | $174 | $615 | $627 | $81.92 | — | $627 |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$69.00 | — | $230 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER SAVANNAH |
$95.50 | $440 | $126 | $642 | — | $963 | $726 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$254 | $73.79 | $79.69 | — | $73.79 | $81.16 | $79.69 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$254 | $73.79 | $79.69 | — | $73.79 | $81.16 | $79.69 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$254 | $73.79 | $79.69 | — | $73.79 | $81.16 | — | — | — |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$257 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNITY MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$289 | $361 | — | $349 | — | — | — | $142 | — |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$331 | $97.94 | $57.80 | $100 | $100 | $97.94 | $42.70 | $633 | $621 |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$392 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$465 | — | — | — | — | — | $603 | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$472 | $140 | $151 | $186 | $145 | $154 | $151 | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$472 | $140 | $151 | $186 | $145 | $154 | $151 | — | — |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$504 | $336 | $636 | $152 | $646 | $636 | $363 | $636 | $667 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$504 | $187 | $930 | $152 | $1,581 | $1,556 | $1,017 | $1,556 | $1,634 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$504 | $187 | $930 | $152 | $1,581 | $1,556 | $1,017 | $1,556 | $1,634 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$514 | $224 | $627 | $152 | $627 | $665 | $658 | $627 | $658 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$514 | $187 | $600 | $152 | $600 | $636 | $630 | $600 | $630 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$514 | $336 | $600 | $185 | $600 | $636 | $363 | $600 | $630 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$514 | $336 | $600 | $152 | $600 | $636 | $363 | $600 | $630 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$514 | $336 | $600 | $152 | $600 | $636 | $363 | $600 | $630 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$514 | $134 | $617 | $152 | $617 | $654 | $648 | $617 | $648 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$514 | $336 | $617 | $152 | $617 | $654 | $363 | $617 | $648 |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$514 | $224 | $627 | $152 | $627 | $665 | $658 | $627 | $658 |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$530 | $177 | $715 | $183 | $90.00 | $695 | $695 | $695 | — |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$530 | $221 | — | $183 | $90.00 | — | — | — | — |
| MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$530 | $177 | $646 | $183 | $90.00 | $646 | $627 | $627 | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM SEWANEE HOSPITAL ROAD WINCHESTER |
$551 | $102 | $52.00 | $74.00 | $74.00 | — | $52.20 | $100 | $103 |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$635 | — | — | $285 | $296 | — | $747 | — | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$653 | $486 | $1,544 | $195 | $621 | $441 | $615 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$695 | — | $626 | $170 | $651 | $662 | $627 | $651 | $661 |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LAWRENCEBURG | $699 | $102 | $52.00 | $74.00 | $74.00 | — | $52.20 | $100 | $103 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS GALLATIN |
$700 | $102 | $31.10 | $69.00 | $100 | $215 | $37.90 | $100 | $103 |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI PULASKI |
$733 | $102 | $52.00 | $74.00 | $74.00 | — | $52.20 | $100 | $103 |
| LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$794 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$794 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$794 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$794 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$794 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RIVER PARK HOSPITAL SPARTA RD MCMINNVILLE |
$814 | $618 | $630 | $196 | $618 | $803 | — | $618 | — |
| SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALTY SURGERY NASHVILLE |
$826 | $1,754 | — | $383 | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$854 | $618 | $630 | $131 | $618 | $803 | — | $618 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS DEKALB W MAIN ST SMITHVILLE |
$854 | $618 | $630 | $131 | $618 | $803 | — | $618 | — |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$893 | $105 | $105 | $105 | $105 | $105 | $105 | — | $105 |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA |
$933 | $486 | $1,544 | $195 | $621 | $463 | $615 | — | — |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ETOWAH ETOWAH |
$959 | $1,691 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$959 | $100 | $51.00 | $74.00 | $74.00 | $300 | $52.20 | $100 | $103 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$969 | $627 | $639 | $131 | $627 | $815 | — | $627 | — |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS CARTHAGE |
$980 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $64.00 | $16.00 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL HARDING PK NASHVILLE |
$1,045 | $627 | $639 | $652 | $627 | $815 | — | $589 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$1,045 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL NASVILLE |
$1,131 | $54.11 | $98.38 | $150 | $98.38 | $98.38 | $98.38 | $98.38 | — |
| MACON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE |
$1,178 | $212 | $1,669 | $569 | $569 | $569 | $569 | — | — |
That is the median of what the 78 Tennessee hospitals above publish for External shock to heart to regulate heart beat — 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 92960 in Tennessee, Medicare reimburses about $145 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Tennessee range from $48.19 to $4,881 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 5.5x 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 external shock to heart to regulate heart beat cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for external shock to heart to regulate heart beat (CPT 92960) in Tennessee range from $48.19 to $4,881, with a median of $794. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest external shock to heart to regulate heart beat in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $48.19. 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.