Nuclear stress test cost in Bay City, MI
In Bay City, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,734.05 to $1,734.05, with a median of $1,734.05. Across Michigan, the median is $2,461.15 at 56 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MI NM Myocardial Perf SPECT - Multi Inj | $1,734.05 | $3,468.10 | $714.10–$2,832.05 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,734.05, median $1,734.05, highest $1,734.05.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIDP Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi 78452 | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MINM Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi - Report | $100.60 | file |