Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in Allentown, PA

In Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,640.47 to $1,640.47, with a median of $1,640.47. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $4,206.60 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,640.47Hackettstown Medical Center
Median$1,640.47half pay less
Highest$1,640.47in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ.

median
Lowest $1,640.47Highest $1,640.47

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 NM Myocard Spect Mult $1,640.47 $12,843.00 — 87% —
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Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 NM Myocard Spect Mult $1,640.47 $18,244.79 — 91% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,640.47, median $1,640.47, highest $1,640.47.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,640.47. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This is the imaging part of a nuclear stress test. A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected, and a special camera takes pictures of blood flow to the heart muscle at rest and after exercise or a stress medicine. It is used to look for blocked heart arteries.

What the price covers

The code covers the camera images and their processing. The radioactive tracer, the stress test itself (with ECG monitoring), any stress medicine and the physician's interpretation are often billed separately.