Nuclear stress test cost in Fort Wayne, IN — inpatient
In Fort Wayne, IN, 6 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $325.62 to $4,463.00, with a median of $602.45. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC — $276.83 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 inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 LLC lowest Fort Wayne, IN 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $325.62 | $1,206.00 | $325.62–$1,206.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC lowest Fort Wayne, IN 78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $325.62 | $1,206.00 | $325.62–$1,206.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $434.16 | $1,206.00 | $303.88–$1,085.40 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $434.16 | $1,206.00 | $303.88–$1,085.40 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $542.70 | $1,206.00 | $358.18–$1,085.40 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $542.70 | $1,206.00 | $358.18–$1,085.40 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $662.20 | $1,204.00 | $360.00–$1,083.60 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 78452 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $662.20 | $1,204.00 | $360.00–$1,083.60 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $3,092.31 | $11,453.00 | $3,092.31–$11,453.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $3,092.31 | $11,453.00 | $3,092.31–$11,453.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN HC HEART SCAN SPECT MULTIPLE | $4,249.00 | $8,498.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $4,299.48 | $11,943.00 | $3,009.36–$10,748.70 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $4,299.48 | $11,943.00 | $3,009.36–$10,748.70 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $4,340.60 | $7,892.00 | $2,359.71–$7,102.80 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $4,340.60 | $7,892.00 | $2,359.71–$7,102.80 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN HC HEART SCAN SPECT MULTIPLE | $4,463.00 | $8,926.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $6,358.05 | $14,129.00 | $4,196.31–$12,716.10 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $6,358.05 | $14,129.00 | $4,196.31–$12,716.10 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $325.62, median $602.45, highest $4,463.00 — a 13.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $1,127.94 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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 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.
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $55.62 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $55.62 | file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $64.80 | file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $74.16 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $92.70 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $92.70 | file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $99.00 | file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN78452,26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $113.30 | file |