Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) cost at US hospitals

Myocardial perfusion imaging, SPECT, multiple studies · CPT 78452

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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart)

A nuclear stress test answers one question: is any part of the heart muscle getting less blood when the heart is working hard? A radioactive tracer is injected and a camera photographs the heart at rest and again under stress, and the two sets of pictures are compared.

$281.34

lowest cash price

$3,859.98

national median

$37,167.71

highest cash price

910

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $281.34–$37,167.71 — the variation is the story.

Most expensive published cash price

$37,167.71

HCA FLORIDA TRINITY HOSPITAL — TRINITY, FL

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($3,200.40) → Sep 1, 2026 ($11,107.76)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 2 $2,184.84 $2,184.84 $6,041.10
Arizona 18 $574.99 $1,201.48 $4,009.77
Arkansas 6 $1,490.40 $1,965.99 $5,766.00
California 87 $547.65 $3,676.40 $8,146.23
Colorado 17 $789.41 $11,895.86 $30,914.62
Florida 80 $1,315.00 $11,728.14 $37,167.71
Georgia 25 $1,669.74 $5,387.00 $14,103.19
Hawaii 2 $1,995.20 $1,995.20 $3,311.25
Illinois 50 $1,625.00 $4,363.20 $7,188.00
Indiana 26 $2,994.88 $4,942.20 $11,107.76
Iowa 25 $2,021.40 $2,913.30 $6,381.00
Kansas 11 $1,341.20 $6,430.18 $6,588.74
Kentucky 22 $1,185.60 $2,735.58 $13,954.14
Louisiana 3 $1,411.02 $1,411.02 $1,411.02
Maine 7 $2,206.65 $3,228.40 $4,566.00
Maryland 2 $421.80 $421.80 $421.80
Michigan 27 $1,057.03 $4,086.00 $5,949.60
Minnesota 19 $1,785.55 $3,105.70 $4,920.80
Mississippi 10 $473.22 $1,302.75 $2,549.00
Missouri 20 $2,154.90 $3,382.92 $26,681.46
Montana 2 $627.20 $627.20 $2,088.00
Nebraska 13 $2,111.86 $2,319.00 $4,318.85
Nevada 3 $3,220.02 $4,363.84 $4,832.15
New Hampshire 1 $3,786.05 $3,786.05 $3,786.05
New Jersey 21 $920.48 $1,426.73 $1,542.46
New Mexico 1 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
New York 22 $804.60 $1,544.85 $12,024.00
North Carolina 14 $3,168.00 $3,341.83 $6,729.00
North Dakota 4 $3,233.60 $3,233.60 $3,676.80
Ohio 67 $2,003.63 $4,200.60 $8,106.00
Oklahoma 13 $1,989.65 $2,020.15 $6,606.60
Oregon 12 $281.34 $3,422.25 $6,372.45
Pennsylvania 31 $1,469.00 $4,323.60 $6,240.00
South Carolina 10 $1,556.00 $3,167.40 $10,434.00
South Dakota 7 $3,851.20 $4,556.00 $5,011.20
Tennessee 37 $443.90 $744.81 $15,510.51
Texas 116 $1,492.47 $4,393.64 $22,348.25
Virginia 42 $443.90 $3,728.50 $13,036.00
Washington 31 $1,741.48 $3,658.00 $8,717.80
West Virginia 17 $1,185.60 $2,945.00 $4,545.50
Wisconsin 32 $2,438.70 $3,210.00 $5,144.71
Wyoming 4 $671.16 $3,383.92 $3,895.50

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine, KY $4,393.80 not published
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin, WI $4,420.20 $270.07 – $2,938.37
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee, WI $4,420.20 $270.07 – $2,938.37
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee, WI $4,420.20 $270.07 – $2,938.37
HSHS St. Francis Hospital LITCHFIELD, IL $4,436.64 $1,092.13 – $6,162.00
University Hospitals Conneaut Medical Center Conneaut, OH $4,438.50 $979.86 – $1,694.37
University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center Geneva, OH $4,438.50 $979.86 – $1,694.37
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center Mendota, IL $4,462.40 not published
Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Hospital Randallia Fort Wayne, IN $4,463.00 $1,369.75 – $2,054.63
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh, PA $4,465.20 $374.88 – $1,344.19
Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI $4,480.00 not published
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville, IA $4,482.00 $19.21 – $209.00
Central Medical Center Seattle, WA $4,483.20 $1,306.00 – $1,306.00
St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Youngstown, OH $4,532.40 not published
St Elizabeth Boardman Hospital Youngstown, OH $4,532.40 not published
St Joseph Warren Hospital Warren, OH $4,532.40 not published
Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI $4,540.00 $1,289.99 – $2,321.99
Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI $4,540.00 $1,289.99 – $2,321.99
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York, NY $4,544.00 $390.00 – $1,930.96
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale, WV $4,545.50 $55.85 – $2,162.67
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas, TX $4,548.50 $416.15 – $3,434.56
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas, TX $4,548.50 $416.15 – $3,511.48
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Mansfield, TX $4,548.50 $416.15 – $3,517.27
Methodist Midlothian Medical Center Midlothian, TX $4,548.50 $416.15 – $3,511.48
Methodist Richardson Medical Center Richardson, TX $4,548.50 $416.15 – $3,511.48
Methodist Celina Medical Center Celina, TX $4,548.50 $481.86 – $3,251.37
Methodist Southlake Medical Center Souhtlake, TX $4,548.50 $416.15 – $3,517.27
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $4,556.00 $1,240.21 – $5,125.50
Lincoln Health Damariscotta, ME $4,566.00 $74.86 – $4,145.93
Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora, MO $4,566.57 $266.71 – $1,713.87
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson, TX $4,588.98 $438.05 – $6,555.68
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St., IL $4,591.44 $636.26 – $6,377.00
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg, VA $4,597.56 $193.04 – $2,938.37
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon, IA $4,600.00 $1,638.75 – $5,175.00
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $4,646.13 $348.12 – $2,771.44
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Rockford, IL $4,667.40 $403.25 – $4,855.79
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding, CA $4,672.52 $553.51 – $9,031.68
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital HIGHLAND, IL $4,721.04 $1,100.97 – $6,557.00

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