Nuclear stress test cost in Los Angeles, CA — inpatient
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 27 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $1,986.25 to $8,531.74, with a median of $3,676.40. The lowest listed price is at Tarzana Medical Center LLC — $1,690.15 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $3,676.40 at 95 hospitals.
Cash prices at 27 facilities across 18 cities for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarzana Medical Center LLC lowest Tarzana, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $1,986.25 | $5,675.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Placentia Linda Orange, CA MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $2,331.20 | $5,828.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine Hospital Orange, CA HB MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $2,331.20 | $5,828.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $2,331.20 | $5,828.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $2,331.20 | $5,828.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Santa Monica, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $2,334.85 | $6,671.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California San Pedro, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $2,346.05 | $6,703.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Torrance, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $2,346.05 | $6,703.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Mission Hills, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $2,931.25 | $8,375.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $3,051.84 | $6,358.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $3,877.92 | $8,079.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $4,204.80 | $8,760.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA HB NM HEART SPECT MULT RST/STR | $4,446.04 | $6,840.06 | $1,625.57–$9,712.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
| USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult | $5,247.25 | $5,247.25 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA MC PERF SPECT WM EF MULT | $5,594.00 | $13,985.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health System - Southern California Burbank, CA HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $6,103.30 | $17,438.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult | $6,286.00 | $6,286.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA HB NM HEART SPECT MULT RST/STR | $8,531.74 | $13,125.75 | $1,625.57–$14,761.00 | 35% | Nov 26, 2025 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,986.25, median $3,676.40, highest $8,531.74 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 30 facilities here, median $3,548.22 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 11 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.