Nuclear stress test cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 12 hospitals list a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $932.40 to $4,337.71, with a median of $4,337.71. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Seton — $3,405.31 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $4,279.95 at 92 hospitals.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 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 Mar 5, 2026 and Jun 13, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton lowest Smithville, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $932.40 | $2,590.00 | $409.40–$2,526.91 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton lowest Smithville, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $932.40 | $2,590.00 | $409.40–$2,526.91 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Smithville, TX NM HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Smithville, TX NM HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Kyle, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Kyle, TX NM HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Kyle, TX NM HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Kyle, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,798.38 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,813.00 | $2,590.00 | $409.40–$2,526.91 | 30% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $1,813.00 | $2,590.00 | $409.40–$2,526.91 | 30% | — source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX TC MYOCARD TOMOGRAPH (SPECT), MULT STUDY | $3,092.72 | $4,616.00 | $438.05–$4,385.20 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX NM HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $3,496.85 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 30% | — source file |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX NM HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT, MULT | $3,496.85 | $4,995.50 | $409.40–$3,884.58 | 30% | — source file |
| Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX NM-MYOCRD SPECT MULT | $4,062.68 | $11,285.23 | $409.40–$5,078.35 | 64% | — source file |
| Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX NM-MYOCRD SPECT MULT | $4,062.68 | $11,285.23 | $409.40–$5,078.35 | 64% | — source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX HC MYOCARD IMAGE SPECT - MLTPL STDY | $4,337.71 | $7,229.51 | $422.34–$6,506.56 | 40% | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX HC MYOCARD IMAGE SPECT - MLTPL STDY | $4,337.71 | $7,229.51 | $422.34–$6,506.56 | 40% | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX HC MYOCARD IMAGE SPECT - MLTPL STDY | $4,337.71 | $7,229.51 | $1,373.61–$5,783.61 | 40% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX HC MYOCARD IMAGE SPECT - MLTPL STDY | $4,337.71 | $7,229.51 | $422.34–$5,422.13 | 40% | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX HC MYOCARD IMAGE SPECT - MLTPL STDY | $4,337.71 | $7,229.51 | $422.34–$5,422.13 | 40% | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX HC MYOCARD IMAGE SPECT - MLTPL STDY | $4,337.71 | $7,229.51 | $422.34–$6,506.56 | 40% | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX HC MYOCARD IMAGE SPECT - MLTPL STDY | $4,337.71 | $7,229.51 | $1,365.58–$4,699.18 | 40% | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $932.40, median $4,337.71, highest $4,337.71 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $4,337.71. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 12 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.