Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in Fremont, NE

In Fremont, NE, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $2,831.61 to $2,831.61, with a median of $2,831.61. Across Nebraska, the median is $2,379.00 at 17 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Feb 16, 2026 and Feb 16, 2026.

Lowest$2,831.61Methodist Fremont Health
Median$2,831.61half pay less
Highest$2,831.61in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fremont, NE.

median
Lowest $2,831.61Highest $2,831.61

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Methodist Fremont Health lowest Fremont, NE · (402) 721-1610 NM Exam $2,831.61 $7,653.00 $3,443.85–$7,346.88 63% Feb 16, 2026
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Methodist Fremont Health lowest Fremont, NE · (402) 721-1610 NM Stress Exam $2,831.61 $7,653.00 $3,443.85–$7,346.88 63% Feb 16, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,831.61, median $2,831.61, highest $2,831.61.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,831.61. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.