Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Nuclear stress test cost in Kalispell, MT — inpatient

In Kalispell, MT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $1,580.31 to $3,211.16, with a median of $2,395.74. The lowest listed price is at Logan Health - Whitefish — $815.43 less than the median here. Across Montana, the median is $2,088.00 at 11 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,580.31Logan Health - Whitefish

Median$2,395.74half of hospitals charge less

Highest$3,211.16in this market

Difference2.0×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 Kalispell, MT.

median

Lowest $1,580.31Highest $3,211.16

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Logan Health - Whitefish lowest Whitefish, MT · (406) 863-3550 MYCARDIAL PERFUSION SPECT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,580.31	$2,431.25	—	35%
Logan Health Medical Center Kalispell, MT · (406) 752-5111 MYCARDIAL PERFUSION SPECT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$3,211.16	$4,940.25	—	35%

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. More

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. More

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. More

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

Inpatient: lowest $1,580.31, median $2,395.74, highest $3,211.16 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,395.74 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.