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Measurement of Substance Using Immunoassay Technique Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 79 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 83520. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $31.20
📉 Low $10.50
📈 High $1,145
🏥 79 hospitals
🏛️ 66 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Tennessee
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 79 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | UHC | Aetna | Cigna | Humana | Centene | Devoted | Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL BARTLETT BARTLETT |
$10.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$10.80 | $18.13 | $8.28 | $18.13 | $18.13 | $17.79 | $18.13 | $18.13 | — |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$11.16 | $18.13 | $8.28 | $18.13 | $18.13 | $17.79 | $18.13 | $18.13 | — |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$11.16 | $19.43 | $9.94 | $19.43 | $19.43 | $19.06 | $19.43 | $19.43 | — |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$11.16 | $18.13 | $8.28 | $18.13 | $18.13 | $17.79 | $18.13 | $18.13 | — |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$11.16 | $19.43 | $8.28 | $19.43 | $19.43 | $19.06 | $19.43 | $19.43 | — |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$11.16 | $18.13 | $8.28 | $18.13 | $18.13 | $17.79 | $18.13 | $18.13 | — |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$11.16 | $18.13 | $8.28 | $18.13 | $18.13 | $17.79 | $18.13 | $18.13 | — |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$11.52 | $18.13 | $8.28 | $18.13 | $18.13 | $17.79 | $18.13 | $18.13 | — |
| LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$12.98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL HARDING PK NASHVILLE |
$14.55 | $17.96 | $17.27 | $17.62 | — | $17.27 | $22.45 | — | $16.23 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$14.55 | $17.27 | $15.54 | $17.62 | $24.18 | $17.27 | $22.45 | — | $17.27 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RIVER PARK HOSPITAL SPARTA RD MCMINNVILLE |
$14.55 | $17.27 | $15.54 | $17.62 | $24.18 | $17.27 | $22.45 | — | $17.27 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS DEKALB W MAIN ST SMITHVILLE |
$14.55 | $17.27 | $15.54 | $17.62 | $24.18 | $17.27 | $22.45 | — | $17.27 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$14.55 | $17.27 | $15.54 | $17.62 | $24.18 | $17.27 | $22.45 | — | $17.27 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$14.55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$16.47 | $15.18 | $7.25 | $12.95 | $22.45 | $16.92 | $17.27 | $17.26 | $16.92 |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$19.43 | — | $17.27 | $13.40 | $18.65 | $16.37 | $17.27 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$19.43 | $22.11 | $17.27 | $19.34 | $18.65 | $16.37 | $17.27 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$19.43 | $22.11 | $17.27 | $13.40 | $18.65 | $16.37 | $17.27 | — | — |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$19.64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$22.31 | $14.13 | $14.13 | $14.27 | $29.54 | $28.58 | $28.13 | $29.54 | $28.13 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$22.31 | $14.13 | $9.17 | $14.27 | $38.25 | $69.97 | $68.87 | $72.31 | $68.87 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$22.31 | $14.13 | $9.17 | $14.27 | $38.25 | $69.97 | $68.87 | $72.31 | $68.87 |
| SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALTY SURGERY NASHVILLE |
$22.45 | $23.84 | $15.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$22.65 | $12.85 | $11.00 | $12.98 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$22.65 | $13.72 | $16.51 | $14.27 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$22.65 | $12.44 | $12.43 | $12.56 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$22.65 | $13.72 | $16.51 | $14.27 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$22.65 | $13.72 | $6.60 | $17.27 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$22.65 | $13.02 | $13.02 | $13.15 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$22.65 | $12.85 | $11.00 | $12.98 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$22.65 | $14.13 | $9.17 | $14.27 | $18.13 | $17.27 | $18.31 | $18.13 | $17.27 |
| PENINSULA HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$22.68 | $18.13 | — | $15.49 | $18.13 | $17.79 | $18.13 | $18.13 | — |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$22.78 | $10.71 | — | — | $26.80 | $10.61 | — | — | — |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$25.12 | — | — | — | $17.43 | — | — | — | — |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$28.00 | $17.27 | $8.83 | $17.27 | $17.27 | $17.27 | $17.27 | $17.27 | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$29.90 | $17.96 | $11.50 | $70.70 | $18.13 | $18.31 | $16.28 | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM SEWANEE HOSPITAL ROAD WINCHESTER |
$31.09 | $74.00 | $40.40 | $55.00 | $52.20 | $74.00 | — | $103 | $100 |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$31.20 | — | — | $104 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$36.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$39.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$39.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$39.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$39.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA |
$42.73 | $17.96 | $11.50 | $70.70 | $18.13 | $18.31 | $21.21 | — | — |
| UNITY MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$43.20 | $32.81 | $15.86 | — | — | — | — | — | $16.92 |
| HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER SAVANNAH |
$43.55 | $18.50 | $8.47 | $15.45 | $11.23 | — | $27.75 | — | — |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$45.10 | $9.18 | $8.83 | $17.79 | $17.27 | $17.27 | $17.79 | — | $17.27 |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$46.33 | $9.18 | $7.06 | $18.68 | $18.13 | $16.37 | $18.13 | — | $18.13 |
| MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$46.33 | $9.18 | $7.06 | $17.79 | $17.27 | $16.37 | $17.79 | — | $17.27 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$51.50 | $17.79 | $6.22 | $17.96 | $17.27 | $17.27 | $18.13 | $17.96 | $18.31 |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$51.77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS MEMPHIS |
$60.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MACON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE |
$62.16 | $30.04 | $8.01 | $88.06 | $30.04 | $30.04 | $30.04 | — | — |
| TRISTAR HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON |
$62.94 | $17.66 | $17.27 | $13.73 | $23.04 | $15.73 | $17.79 | $17.27 | — |
| TRISTAR SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER HERMITAGE |
$66.00 | $17.66 | $17.27 | $13.73 | $21.52 | $16.50 | $17.79 | $17.27 | — |
| HENDERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEXINGTON |
$70.76 | $54.75 | $10.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HAYWOOD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BROWNSVILLE |
$70.76 | $54.75 | $10.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOUSTON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ERIN |
$70.76 | $54.75 | $10.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 83520, 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: $55.08 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $31.20 for this?
That is the median of what the 79 Tennessee hospitals above publish for Measurement of substance using immunoassay technique — 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 measurement of substance using immunoassay technique cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for measurement of substance using immunoassay technique (CPT 83520) in Tennessee range from $10.50 to $1,145, with a median of $31.20. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest measurement of substance using immunoassay technique in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $10.50. 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 83520 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.