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X-ray of Spine, 1 View Cost in Tennessee
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 74 Tennessee hospitals. CPT 72020. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $106
📉 Low $16.74
📈 High $1,218
🏥 74 hospitals
🏛️ 62 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $21.79
Hospital comparison — Tennessee
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 74 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | Aetna | UHC | Cigna | BCBS | Humana | Centene | Medicare | Devoted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$16.74 | $7.75 | $7.18 | $7.75 | $8.57 | $7.41 | $7.90 | — | — |
| MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT NASHVILLE |
$16.74 | $7.75 | $7.18 | $7.75 | $8.57 | $7.41 | $7.90 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE |
$28.71 | $5.82 | $5.39 | $5.82 | — | $5.39 | $5.92 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT TULLAHOMA-HARTON HOSPITAL TULLAHOMA |
$28.71 | $5.82 | $5.39 | $5.82 | — | $5.39 | $5.92 | — | — |
| VANDERBILT WILSON COUNTY HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$28.71 | $5.82 | $5.39 | $5.82 | — | $5.39 | $5.92 | — | — |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ETOWAH ETOWAH |
$51.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$51.24 | $51.00 | $40.40 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $74.00 | $300 | $100 | $103 |
| PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$54.60 | $22.69 | $27.91 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $82.81 | $40.00 | — | $84.42 |
| ROANE MEDICAL CENTER HARRIMAN |
$56.42 | $22.69 | $27.91 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $82.81 | $40.00 | — | $84.42 |
| CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER CROSSVILLE |
$56.42 | $22.69 | $33.49 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $88.69 | $40.00 | — | $90.42 |
| LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER SEVIERVILLE |
$56.42 | $22.69 | $27.91 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $88.69 | $40.00 | — | $90.42 |
| FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$56.42 | $22.69 | $27.91 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $82.81 | $40.00 | — | $84.42 |
| MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MORRISTOWN |
$56.42 | $22.69 | $27.91 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $82.81 | $40.00 | — | $84.42 |
| METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE OAK RIDGE |
$56.42 | $22.69 | $27.91 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $82.81 | $40.00 | — | $84.42 |
| FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER LENOIR CITY |
$58.24 | $22.69 | $27.91 | $33.70 | $17.29 | $82.81 | $40.00 | — | $84.42 |
| PRISMA HEALTH BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MARYVILLE |
$64.17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MOUNTAIN CITY |
$64.63 | $79.61 | $40.32 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $82.79 | $81.49 | $81.49 | $85.56 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$64.63 | $79.61 | $22.40 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $203 | $200 | $200 | $209 |
| HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL SNEEDVILLE |
$64.63 | $79.61 | $22.40 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $203 | $200 | $200 | $209 |
| JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER JOHNSON CITY |
$65.85 | $73.37 | $40.32 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $81.21 | $86.08 | $81.21 | $85.27 |
| GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENEVILLE |
$65.85 | $81.21 | $16.13 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $81.21 | $86.08 | $81.21 | $85.27 |
| INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL KINGSPORT |
$65.85 | $70.05 | $40.32 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $78.96 | $83.69 | $78.96 | $82.90 |
| HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER KINGSPORT |
$65.85 | $72.41 | $26.88 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $82.56 | $87.51 | $82.56 | $86.68 |
| FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JOHNSON CITY |
$65.85 | $79.01 | $40.32 | $31.07 | $16.85 | $79.01 | $83.76 | $79.01 | $82.97 |
| HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROGERSVILLE |
$65.85 | $78.96 | $22.40 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $78.96 | $83.69 | $78.96 | $82.90 |
| SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL ELIZABETHTON |
$65.85 | $78.96 | $40.32 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $78.96 | $83.69 | $78.96 | $82.90 |
| BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BRISTOL |
$65.85 | $72.41 | $26.88 | $31.07 | $13.86 | $82.56 | $87.51 | $82.56 | $86.68 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER KNOXVILLE |
$70.25 | $7.23 | $7.30 | $7.30 | $6.73 | $7.30 | $84.42 | $85.22 | $83.61 |
| RHEA MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$85.68 | — | — | $101 | $40.31 | $39.91 | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL HARDING PK NASHVILLE |
$91.95 | $86.02 | $84.33 | — | $87.70 | $84.33 | $110 | $79.27 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RIVER PARK HOSPITAL SPARTA RD MCMINNVILLE |
$91.95 | $32.97 | $83.11 | $32.51 | $16.54 | $83.11 | $108 | $83.11 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PKWY MURFREESBORO |
$91.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON HIXSON |
$95.32 | $225 | $38.75 | $31.74 | $17.79 | $83.60 | $64.40 | — | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL SEWELL DR SPARTA |
$96.56 | $32.97 | $83.11 | $32.51 | $11.95 | $83.11 | $108 | $83.11 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS STONES RIVER HOSPITAL DOOLITTLE RD WOODBURY |
$96.56 | $32.97 | $84.33 | $26.85 | $11.95 | $84.33 | $110 | $84.33 | — |
| ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS DEKALB W MAIN ST SMITHVILLE |
$96.56 | $32.97 | $83.11 | $26.85 | $11.95 | $83.11 | $108 | $83.11 | — |
| VANDERBILT CLARKSVILLE HOSPITAL CLARKSVILLE |
$101 | $17.98 | $27.91 | $83.38 | $15.54 | $78.83 | $80.11 | $78.83 | $80.08 |
| MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER LEWISBURG |
$106 | $69.60 | $28.68 | $70.15 | $16.66 | $90.00 | — | — | — |
| SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SWEETWATER |
$107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL FOR SPECIALTY SURGERY NASHVILLE |
$109 | — | — | — | $18.93 | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LAWRENCEBURG | $109 | $52.00 | $40.40 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $74.00 | — | $100 | $103 |
| MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$116 | $46.10 | $22.94 | $56.39 | $16.66 | $84.32 | $86.85 | $84.32 | — |
| WAYNE MEDICAL CENTER WAYNESBORO |
$116 | $62.40 | $22.94 | $93.46 | $16.66 | $84.33 | $93.46 | $93.46 | — |
| LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER FAYETTEVILLE |
$118 | — | — | $81.15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST LE BONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL GERMANTOWN |
$121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEMPHIS |
$127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI PULASKI |
$131 | $52.00 | $40.40 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $74.00 | — | $100 | $103 |
| UNITY MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$134 | — | $120 | — | $23.83 | — | — | $21.35 | — |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA |
$136 | $225 | $38.75 | $31.74 | $17.79 | $83.60 | $67.62 | — | — |
| BIG SOUTH FORK MEDICAL CENTER ALBERTA ST ONEDIA |
$144 | $479 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER FRANKLIN |
$153 | $23.58 | $7.60 | $7.60 | $23.58 | $23.58 | $23.58 | — | $23.58 |
| MACON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAFAYETTE |
$159 | $225 | $20.68 | $76.62 | $27.76 | $76.62 | $76.62 | — | — |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS GALLATIN |
$163 | $31.10 | $102 | $30.22 | $27.38 | $100 | $215 | $100 | $103 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS CARTHAGE |
$190 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $64.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $16.00 | — |
| NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL NASVILLE |
$213 | $7.18 | $3.95 | $6.41 | $22.73 | $7.18 | $7.18 | $7.18 | — |
| SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM SEWANEE HOSPITAL ROAD WINCHESTER |
$234 | $52.00 | $40.40 | $52.20 | $74.00 | $74.00 | — | $100 | $103 |
| HIGHPOINT HEALTH - TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HARTSVILLE |
$295 | $63.70 | $36.00 | $64.00 | $26.64 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $37.08 |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 72020, 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: $215 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $106 for this?
That is the median of what the 74 Tennessee hospitals above publish for X-ray of spine, 1 view — 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 72020 in Tennessee, Medicare reimburses about $21.79 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Tennessee range from $16.74 to $1,218 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 4.9x 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 x-ray of spine, 1 view cost in Tennessee?
- Cash prices for x-ray of spine, 1 view (CPT 72020) in Tennessee range from $16.74 to $1,218, with a median of $106. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest x-ray of spine, 1 view in Tennessee?
- The cheapest Tennessee hospital published cash price for this procedure is $16.74. 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 72020 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.