Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in Greenville, NC

In Greenville, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $10,840.09 to $10,840.09, with a median of $10,840.09. Across North Carolina, the median is $3,341.83 at 35 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$10,840.09Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Median$10,840.09half pay less
Highest$10,840.09in 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 Greenville, NC.

median
Lowest $10,840.09Highest $10,840.09

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. lowest Greenville, NC Adenosine Thallium $10,840.09 $20,453.00 $4,851.45–$20,248.47 47% Apr 1, 2026
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Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. lowest Greenville, NC Myocard Prf Spect Mult $10,840.09 $20,453.00 $4,851.45–$20,248.47 47% Apr 1, 2026
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Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. lowest Greenville, NC Myocard Prf Spect Thal Mult $10,840.09 $20,453.00 $4,851.45–$20,248.47 47% Apr 1, 2026
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Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. lowest Greenville, NC Myocard Prf Spect Gate Mult $10,840.09 $20,453.00 $4,851.45–$20,248.47 47% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $10,840.09, median $10,840.09, highest $10,840.09.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10,840.09. 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. 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.