Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Nuclear stress test cost in Chambersburg, PA — inpatient

In Chambersburg, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $6,240.00 to $6,240.00, with a median of $6,240.00. The lowest listed price is at Chambersburg Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $4,206.60 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$6,240.00Chambersburg Hospital + 1 more
Median$6,240.00half pay less
Highest$6,240.00in 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 Chambersburg, PA.

median
Lowest $6,240.00Highest $6,240.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Chambersburg Hospital lowest Chambersburg, PA · (717) 267-3000 Nuclear Medicine Studies of Heart Muscle at Rest and With Stress and Spect $6,240.00 $7,800.00 $5,233.80–$7,410.00 20% —
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Waynesboro Hospital lowest Waynesboro, PA · (717) 765-4000 Nuclear Medicine Studies of Heart Muscle at Rest and With Stress and Spect $6,240.00 $7,800.00 $4,680.00–$7,410.00 20% —
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Inpatient: lowest $6,240.00, median $6,240.00, highest $6,240.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $6,240.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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.