Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in Hillsdale, MI

In Hillsdale, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,761.20 to $1,761.20, with a median of $1,761.20. Across Michigan, the median is $2,716.25 at 83 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$1,761.20Hillsdale Hospital

Median$1,761.20half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,761.20in 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 Hillsdale, MI.

median

Lowest $1,761.20Highest $1,761.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Hillsdale Hospital lowest Hillsdale, MI · (517) 437-4451 NM MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION/MULTIPLE+1 more line at this price source file	$1,761.20	$2,072.00	$403.15–$3,183.02	15%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking.

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth.

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less.

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $1,761.20, median $1,761.20, highest $1,761.20.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,761.20. 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.