Nuclear stress test cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 6 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $325.62 to $4,463.00, with a median of $1,127.94. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center and 1 other hospital — $802.32 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $4,249.80 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $325.62 | $1,206.00 | $1,213.05–$5,629.06 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN 78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $325.62 | $1,206.00 | $1,213.05–$5,629.06 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $325.62 | $1,206.00 | $1,213.05–$5,629.06 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $325.62 | $1,206.00 | $1,213.05–$5,629.06 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $361.80 | $1,206.00 | $297.88–$2,693.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $361.80 | $1,206.00 | $297.88–$2,693.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $1,894.08 | $7,892.00 | $1,062.56–$7,102.80 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $1,894.08 | $7,892.00 | $1,062.56–$7,102.80 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $3,092.31 | $11,453.00 | $421.32–$11,453.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $3,092.31 | $11,453.00 | $421.32–$11,453.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $3,582.90 | $11,943.00 | $398.57–$10,748.70 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $3,582.90 | $11,943.00 | $398.57–$10,748.70 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $3,814.83 | $14,129.00 | $458.54–$12,716.10 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $3,814.83 | $14,129.00 | $458.54–$12,716.10 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC HEART SCAN SPECT MULTIPLE | $4,249.00 | $8,498.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC HEART SCAN SPECT MULTIPLE | $4,463.00 | $8,926.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $325.62, median $1,127.94, highest $4,463.00 — a 13.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $602.45. 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 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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.
10 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.
| Bluffton Health System Bluffton, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $43.20 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $48.60 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $48.60 | file |
| Bluffton Health System Bluffton, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $49.44 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $54.00 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $55.62 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $55.62 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $61.80 | file |
| Bluffton Health System Bluffton, IN78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $288.96 | file |
| Bluffton Health System Bluffton, IN78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $288.96 | file |