Nuclear stress test cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 15 hospitals list a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,243.17 to $4,420.20, with a median of $3,031.60. The lowest listed price is at Mount Carmel East and 1 other hospital — $1,788.43 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $3,953.40 at 94 hospitals.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 10 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 Oct 22, 2025 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 Columbus, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel East lowest Columbus, OH PR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Tomographic Multi Studies at Rest or Stress | $1,243.17 | — | $47.50–$833.66 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's lowest Westerville, OH PR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Tomographic Multi Studies at Rest or Stress | $1,243.17 | — | $47.50–$1,243.17 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT | $2,003.63 | $3,082.50 | $1,092.00–$2,990.03 | 35% | Oct 22, 2025 source file |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center Canal Winchester, OH HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $854.00–$4,228.99 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $2,744.30 | $4,222.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Berger Hospital Circleville, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $3,031.60 | $4,664.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. Brookfield, WI HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $4,420.20 | $8,340.00 | $270.07–$2,938.37 | 47% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,243.17, median $3,031.60, highest $4,420.20 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $3,031.60. 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 4 of 7 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.