Heart test cost in Houston, TX without insurance
In the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area, the median cash price for Echocardiogram is $3,340.00 across 13 hospitals. The lowest, $526.13, is at Harris Health (Taub Loop Houston) and 1 other hospital. The US median is $1,601.57.
Heart tests range from a quick ECG (93000) to an echocardiogram (93306), an exercise stress test (93015) and imaging stress tests such as a stress echo (93351) or a nuclear scan (78452). The price depends on which test is ordered and on what the code covers, since some codes include the doctor's interpretation and others do not. If you have chest pain, severe shortness of breath or fainting right now, call 911 instead of scheduling a test.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code
Heart test prices in Houston, TX by type
Match the code on your order: 93015 is an exercise ECG stress test without imaging, 93351 adds echo images, and 78452 is only the imaging part of a nuclear stress test. 75571, the coronary calcium score, is a screening CT for people without symptoms; the state table uses the echocardiogram, 93306.
| Procedure | Hospitals | Lowest | Median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiogram Echocardiogram through the chest wall, complete, with Doppler · code 93306 | 13 | $526.13 | $3,340.00 | $1,601.57 |
| Stress echocardiogram Stress echocardiogram, complete, including the stress test and supervision · code 93351 | 12 | $526.13 | $2,141.50 | $1,513.00 |
| Nuclear stress test Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies · code 78452 | 13 | $1,252.69 | $8,153.00 | $3,168.00 |
| Treadmill stress test Treadmill or drug stress test with ECG, supervision and report · code 93015 | 1 | $1,609.34 | $1,609.34 | $233.00 |
| Coronary calcium score CT CT of the heart without contrast dye to measure coronary calcium · code 75571 | 13 | $84.49 | $189.50 | $124.98 |
| EKG tracing Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), tracing only, the hospital charge · code 93005 | 14 | $57.00 | $790.50 | $184.60 |
| Stress test (hospital charge) Exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge · code 93017 | 13 | $213.44 | $3,940.50 | $786.30 |
| Cardiac catheterization Cardiac catheterization with coronary angiogram · code 93458 | 13 | $2,563.19 | $5,950.50 | $9,256.95 |
| Coronary CT angiography CT angiography of the heart arteries with contrast dye (coronary CTA), including calcium score · code 75574 | 13 | $342.69 | $1,030.00 | $1,190.26 |
Outpatient cash prices in Houston, TX. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest cash price for the code; prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Pick a procedure to compare every hospital in the area.
Lowest Echocardiogram prices in Houston, TX
- Harris Health, Taub Loop Houston$526.13
- Harris Health, Houston$526.13
- Hsa St. Joseph, Houston$540.12
- The Methodist Hospital, Houston$1,428.50
- Texas Children's Hospital, Houston$2,742.31
Heart test cost in other areas nearby
Paying cash: what to do
- For a nuclear stress test, ask for the total including the tracer, the stress portion and the interpretation, since the imaging code is only one piece.
- Ask whether the cardiologist's interpretation is included; in hospitals an ECG is often split into the tracing (93005) and the reading (93010).
- Insurance often does not cover a coronary calcium score, so many imaging centers set a flat self-pay price; compare several.