Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Nuclear stress test cost in Atlanta, GA — inpatient

In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 9 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $3,563.04 to $3,563.04, with a median of $3,563.04. The lowest listed price is at Wellstar Cobb Hospital and 8 other hospitals. Across Georgia, the median is $3,563.04 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 9 facilities across 8 cities for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$3,563.04Wellstar Cobb Hospital + 8 more
Median$3,563.04half pay less
Highest$3,563.04in 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.

median
Lowest $3,563.04Highest $3,563.04

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Wellstar Cobb Hospital lowest Austell, GA · (770) 732-4000 Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Douglas Hospital lowest Douglasville, GA · (770) 949-1500 Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Kennestone Hospital lowest Marietta, GA · (770) 793-5000 Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar North Fulton Hospital lowest Roswell, GA · (770) 751-2500 Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Paulding Hospital lowest Hiram, GA · (470) 644-7000 Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp lowest Warm Springs, GA Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital lowest Griffin, GA · (770) 228-2721 Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital lowest Jackson, GA · (770) 775-7861 Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital lowest Marietta, GA Hc Nm Heart Spect Multiple Studies $3,563.04 $9,136.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $3,563.04, median $3,563.04, highest $3,563.04.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $3,563.04 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.