Nuclear stress test cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 18 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,443.15 to $9,868.15, with a median of $3,142.43. The lowest listed price is at Fairfield Medical Center — $1,699.28 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $4,011.00 at 129 hospitals.
- The median here, $3,142.43, is 4% below the US median of $3,277.78.
- That is 2.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,322.69).
- Columbus, OH has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Ohio with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 18 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 13 cities for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 22, 2025 and Jul 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Medical Center lowest Lancaster, OH · (740) 687-8000 NM THALLIUM VIABILITY STUDY+1 more line at this price File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $1,443.15 | $3,207.00 | $1,123.50–$3,207.00 | 55% |
| Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH · (419) 946-5015 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT File of Oct 22, 2025 · source file | $2,003.63 | $3,082.50 | $1,092.00–$2,990.03 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin Dublin, OH · (380) 898-9000 HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $854.00–$4,228.99 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel East Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center Canal Winchester, OH · (614) 838-7911 HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Grove City, OH HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $2,581.80 | $3,972.00 | $632.00–$4,656.59 | 35% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH · (740) 368-5145 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,744.30 | $4,222.00 | — | 35% |
| Berger Hospital Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,031.60 | $4,664.00 | — | 35% |
| Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% |
| Grove City Methodist Grove City, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital Pickerington, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% |
| Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Myocard Perfusion Imaging Spect Multiple File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,253.25 | $5,005.00 | — | 35% |
| Galion Community Hospital Galion, OH · (419) 468-4841 HC NUC MED MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SPECT MULTIPLE REST OR STRESS File of Mar 20, 2026 · source file | $4,937.65 | $5,809.00 | $1,975.06–$5,344.28 | 15% |
| Hocking Valley Community Hospital Logan, OH · (740) 380-8000 HC Nuc Med Myocardial Perfusion Spect Multiple Rest or Stress File of Jul 31, 2026 · source file | $5,000.00 | $5,000.00 | — | — |
| Licking Memorial Hospital Newark, OH · (740) 348-4000 HC Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult - NM Heart Perfusion Spect File of Mar 16, 2026 · source file | $9,868.15 | $9,868.15 | $1,223.35–$9,868.15 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $1,443.15, median $3,142.43, highest $9,868.15 — a 6.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $3,142.43. 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 8 of 9 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.
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