Nuclear stress test cost in Appleton, WI
In Appleton, WI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,714.61 to $2,649.36, with a median of $2,087.94. The lowest listed price is at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and 1 other hospital — $373.33 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $2,485.91 at 67 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities 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 —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Appleton, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton lowest Appleton, WI Heart Spect Multi Image HC | $1,714.61 | $3,061.80 | $398.03–$4,494.69 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton lowest Appleton, WI · (920) 731-4101 Heart Spect Multi Image HC | $1,714.61 | $3,061.80 | $398.03–$4,494.69 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton, WI HEART SPECT MULTI IMAGE HC | $2,228.97 | $3,980.30 | $398.03–$4,494.69 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton, WI · (920) 731-4101 HEART SPECT MULTI IMAGE HC | $2,228.97 | $3,980.30 | $398.03–$4,494.69 | 44% | — source file |
| Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus Appleton, WI · (920) 738-2000 HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $2,461.26 | $4,318.00 | $80.76–$1,140.25 | 43% | — source file |
| Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton, WI · (920) 849-2386 HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $2,649.36 | $4,648.00 | $80.76–$1,140.25 | 43% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,714.61, median $2,087.94, highest $2,649.36 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78452 ($3,092.31). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton, WIHC PRO-S HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $198.93 | file |