Nuclear stress test cost in Birmingham, AL
In Birmingham, AL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $13,449.00 to $25,046.75, with a median of $13,449.00. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Health Princeton Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across Alabama, the median is $13,449.00 at 9 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Birmingham, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Princeton Hospital lowest Birmingham, AL Hb Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - Nm Heart Perfusion Spect Stress &/Or Rest | $13,449.00 | $13,449.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Walker Hospital lowest Jasper, AL Hb Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - Nm Heart Perfusion Spect Stress &/Or Rest | $13,449.00 | $13,449.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Shelby Hospital lowest Alabaster, AL Hb Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - Nm Heart Perfusion Spect Stress &/Or Rest | $13,449.00 | $13,449.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital Birmingham, AL Hb Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - Nm Heart Perfusion Spect Stress &/Or Rest | $25,046.75 | $25,046.75 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $13,449.00, median $13,449.00, highest $25,046.75 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $13,449.00. 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.