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Smear for Infectious Agents Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 79 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 87210. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $26.19
📉 Low $6.90
📈 High $535
🏥 79 hospitals
🏛️ 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$6.90 | $5.82 | $3.03 | $11.66 | $12.99 | $21.64 | $21.30 | $22.37 | $21.30 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$6.90 | $5.82 | $3.03 | $11.66 | $12.99 | $21.64 | $21.30 | $22.37 | $21.30 |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$6.90 | $7.86 | $5.45 | $8.70 | $9.14 | $8.84 | $8.70 | $9.14 | $8.70 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$7.20 | $5.82 | $5.45 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$7.20 | $5.82 | $3.03 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$7.20 | $5.99 | $5.45 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$7.20 | $5.82 | $3.63 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$7.20 | $5.82 | $3.63 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$7.20 | $5.99 | $5.45 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$7.20 | $5.88 | $2.18 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$7.20 | $5.82 | $5.45 | $5.82 | $6.11 | $5.82 | $6.17 | $6.11 | $5.82 |
| SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALTY SURGERY NASHVILLE |
$7.57 | $7.57 | $5.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$10.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$10.50 | — | — | $35.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| HENDERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEXINGTON |
$11.64 | $11.22 | $3.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HAYWOOD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BROWNSVILLE |
$11.64 | $11.22 | $3.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOUSTON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ERIN |
$11.64 | $11.22 | $3.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$12.30 | $6.11 | $2.73 | $6.11 | $6.11 | $5.99 | $6.11 | $6.11 | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$12.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$12.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$12.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$12.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$12.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$12.71 | $6.11 | $2.73 | $6.11 | $6.11 | $5.99 | $6.11 | $6.11 | — |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$12.71 | $6.11 | $2.73 | $6.11 | $6.11 | $5.99 | $6.11 | $6.11 | — |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$12.71 | $6.11 | $2.73 | $6.11 | $6.11 | $5.99 | $6.11 | $6.11 | — |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$12.71 | $6.54 | $2.73 | $6.54 | $6.54 | $6.42 | $6.54 | $6.54 | — |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$12.71 | $6.11 | $2.73 | $6.11 | $6.11 | $5.99 | $6.11 | $6.11 | — |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$12.71 | $6.54 | $3.28 | $6.54 | $6.54 | $6.42 | $6.54 | $6.54 | — |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$13.12 | $6.11 | $2.73 | $6.11 | $6.11 | $5.99 | $6.11 | $6.11 | — |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$15.81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$16.83 | $7.92 | — | — | $19.80 | $7.84 | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$17.98 | $4.37 | $3.49 | $4.71 | $4.71 | $4.37 | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$17.98 | — | $3.49 | $4.71 | $4.71 | $4.37 | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$17.98 | $4.37 | $3.49 | $4.71 | $4.71 | $4.37 | — | — | — |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$18.25 | $5.82 | $2.10 | $5.94 | $5.82 | $5.82 | $5.82 | $6.05 | $6.17 |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$18.96 | — | — | — | $5.87 | — | — | — | — |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$25.01 | $2.92 | $2.91 | $5.99 | $5.82 | $5.82 | $5.99 | — | $5.82 |
| PENINSULA HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$25.83 | $6.11 | — | $5.22 | $6.11 | $5.99 | $6.11 | $6.11 | — |
| TRISTAR HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON |
$26.19 | $5.61 | $5.82 | $4.63 | $9.59 | $5.82 | $5.99 | $5.82 | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM SEWANEE HOSPITAL ROAD WINCHESTER |
$29.66 | $74.00 | $40.40 | $55.00 | $52.20 | $74.00 | — | $103 | $100 |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$29.93 | $2.92 | $2.33 | $6.29 | $6.11 | $5.52 | $6.11 | — | $6.11 |
| MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$29.93 | $2.92 | $2.33 | $5.99 | $5.82 | $5.52 | $5.99 | — | $5.82 |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$33.48 | $6.08 | $3.49 | $6.29 | $6.29 | $5.52 | — | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$33.48 | $6.08 | $3.49 | $6.29 | $6.29 | $5.52 | — | — | — |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$33.88 | $8.81 | $2.44 | $4.37 | $7.57 | $5.70 | $5.82 | $5.82 | $5.70 |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$39.76 | $5.82 | $2.91 | $5.82 | $5.82 | $5.82 | $5.82 | $5.82 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL HARDING PK NASHVILLE |
$42.57 | $6.05 | $5.82 | $5.94 | — | $5.82 | $7.57 | — | $5.47 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RIVER PARK HOSPITAL SPARTA RD MCMINNVILLE |
$42.57 | $5.82 | $5.24 | $5.94 | $8.15 | $5.82 | $7.57 | — | $5.82 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS DEKALB W MAIN ST SMITHVILLE |
$42.57 | $5.82 | $5.24 | $5.94 | $8.15 | $5.82 | $7.57 | — | $5.82 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$42.57 | $5.82 | $5.24 | $5.94 | $8.15 | $5.82 | $7.57 | — | $5.82 |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$42.57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$42.57 | $5.82 | $5.24 | $5.94 | $8.15 | $5.82 | $7.57 | — | $5.82 |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ETOWAH ETOWAH |
$43.79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$43.79 | $74.00 | $40.40 | $51.00 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $300 | $103 | $100 |
| NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL NASVILLE |
$44.40 | $5.82 | — | $40.70 | — | — | — | — | — |
| TRISTAR ASHLAND CITY MEDICAL CENTER ASHLAND CITY |
$45.00 | $5.61 | $5.82 | $4.63 | $10.39 | $5.82 | $5.99 | $6.11 | — |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS GALLATIN |
$52.24 | $12.40 | $5.82 | $31.10 | $11.90 | $100 | $215 | $103 | $100 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS CARTHAGE |
$63.92 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $64.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | — | $16.00 |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$67.49 | $6.05 | $3.79 | $160 | $6.11 | $6.17 | $5.36 | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 87210, 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: $40.40 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $26.19 for this?
That is the median of what the 79 Tennessee hospitals above publish for Smear for infectious agents — 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 smear for infectious agents cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for smear for infectious agents (CPT 87210) in Tennessee range from $6.90 to $535, with a median of $26.19. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest smear for infectious agents in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $6.90. 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 87210 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.