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Nuclear stress test cost in New York without insurance

In New York, the median cash price for Nuclear stress test is $2,673.60 across 98 hospitals, from $675.00 to $24,380.00. The lowest is at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center (Smithtown). The US median is $3,279.74.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. Other states' laws.

A nuclear stress test takes pictures of blood flow to the heart at rest and after exercise or a medicine that stresses the heart, using a small amount of a radioactive tracer. Its price is split across several codes: the imaging (78452), the stress test itself (93015, or its parts), and the tracer. The listed price of the imaging code alone is only one piece of the bill. If you have chest pain, severe shortness of breath or fainting right now, call 911 instead of scheduling a test.

Collected Oct 24, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

Nuclear stress test prices in New York by type

78452 is the imaging part of a nuclear stress test and is used in the state table. 93015 is the treadmill or drug stress test with its supervision and report, and 93017 is the tracing only, the hospital charge. 93351 is a stress echocardiogram, an alternative that uses ultrasound instead of a tracer.

ProcedureHospitalsRangeMedianUS median
Nuclear stress test Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies · code 78452 98 $675.00–$24,380.00 $2,673.60 $3,279.74
Treadmill stress test Treadmill or drug stress test with ECG, supervision and report · code 93015 17 $26.10–$1,764.28 $342.93 $380.80
Stress test (hospital charge) Exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge · code 93017 108 $114.53–$28,721.00 $550.75 $811.75
Stress echocardiogram Stress echocardiogram, complete, including the stress test and supervision · code 93351 86 $218.40–$22,506.00 $1,158.43 $1,671.04
Procedure The service and its billing code (CPT or HCPCS). Opens the comparison of every hospital that prices it. More
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Middle 80% Cash prices of most hospitals: a tenth of hospitals charge less than the first number (P10), a tenth charge more than the second (P90). More
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
US median The median cash price across all US hospitals that publish one for this code.

Outpatient cash prices in New York. 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 state.

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Paying cash: what to do

  • Ask for the total: imaging, stress test, tracer and the cardiologist's reading. The imaging code is only one piece.
  • Ask whether a stress echo would answer your doctor's question; it usually costs less and uses no radiation.
  • Cardiology offices often charge less than the hospital outpatient department for the same test.