Nuclear stress test cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 24 hospitals list a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,057.03 to $6,387.75, with a median of $2,183.54. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Health — $1,126.51 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $2,461.15 at 56 hospitals.
Cash prices at 24 facilities across 20 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health lowest Rochester, MI NM CARDIAC PERFUSION SPECT MULTI | $1,057.03 | $2,249.00 | $349.30–$670.27 | 53% | — source file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI NM Myocardial Perf SPECT - Multi Inj | $1,107.25 | $2,214.50 | $714.10–$2,280.69 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI NM Myocardial Perf SPECT - Multi Inj | $1,183.95 | $2,367.90 | $714.10–$2,037.13 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Karmanos Cancer Center John R Detroit, MI HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MLT | $1,186.20 | $2,372.40 | $714.10–$1,779.30 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Karmanos Cancer Center John R Detroit, MI NM-MYO PERF SPECT-EF&WM-M | $1,186.20 | $2,372.40 | $714.10–$1,779.30 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $1,632.40 | $2,915.00 | $380.91–$2,915.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $1,632.40 | $2,915.00 | $380.91–$2,915.00 | 44% | — source file |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI NM Myocardial Perf SPECT - Multi Inj | $1,688.25 | $3,376.50 | $714.10–$2,363.55 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Corporation Clinton Twp, MI HB NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULT | $1,780.19 | $4,032.00 | $233.00–$2,373.58 | 56% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health System West Bloomfield, MI HB NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULT | $1,780.19 | $4,032.00 | $233.00–$2,373.58 | 56% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI HB NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULT | $1,780.19 | $4,032.00 | $233.00–$2,373.58 | 56% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI HB NM MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULT | $1,780.19 | $4,032.00 | $555.06–$2,515.48 | 56% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $1,986.32 | $3,547.00 | $380.91–$1,117.13 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $1,986.32 | $3,547.00 | $380.91–$1,117.13 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $1,986.32 | $3,547.00 | $380.91–$1,117.13 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $1,986.32 | $3,547.00 | $380.91–$1,117.13 | 44% | — source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI NM Myocardial Perf SPECT - Multi Inj | $2,380.75 | $4,761.50 | $714.10–$3,571.13 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $2,688.56 | $4,801.00 | $380.91–$4,801.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $2,688.56 | $4,801.00 | $380.91–$4,801.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $2,879.52 | $5,142.00 | $380.91–$5,142.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI MYOCARD PERF SPECT MULTI | $2,879.52 | $5,142.00 | $380.91–$5,142.00 | 44% | — source file |
| VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Inc Detroit, MI MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $4,595.25 | $6,127.00 | — | 25% | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Oakwood Healthcare Inc Trenton, MI Hc Myocardial Perfusion Stress & Rest | $5,253.00 | $5,253.00 | — | — | — source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI Hc Myocardial Perfusion Stress & Rest | $5,253.00 | $5,253.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Oakwood Healthcare Inc Taylor, MI Hc Myocardial Perfusion Stress & Rest | $5,253.00 | $5,253.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Oakwood Healthcare Inc Wayne, MI Hc Myocardial Perfusion Stress & Rest | $5,253.00 | $5,253.00 | — | — | — source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Troy, MI Hc Myocardial Perfusion Stress & Rest | $5,253.00 | $5,253.00 | — | — | — source file |
| VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Inc Commerce Charter Twp, MI MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $5,716.50 | $7,622.00 | $1.00–$1,845.79 | 25% | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Vhs Harper-Hutzel Hospital INC Detroit, MI MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $5,952.75 | $7,937.00 | $1.00–$1,845.79 | 25% | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Vhs Harper-Hutzel Hospital INC Detroit, MI MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $5,952.75 | $7,937.00 | $1.00–$1,845.79 | 25% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Inc Detroit, MI MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $6,387.75 | $8,517.00 | — | 25% | Apr 8, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,057.03, median $2,183.54, highest $6,387.75 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $4,924.13. 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 12 of 17 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.
8 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 Macomb Mount Clemens, MINM Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi - Report | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MIDP Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi 78452 | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MINM Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi - Report | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MIDP Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi 78452 | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MINM Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi - Report | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MIDP Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi 78452 | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MINM Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi - Report | $100.60 | file |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MIDP Myocardial Perfusion SPECT - Multi 78452 | $100.60 | file |