Nuclear stress test cost in Michigan City, IN
In Michigan City-La Porte, IN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $415.47 to $415.47, with a median of $415.47. Across Indiana, the median is $4,249.80 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Porte Hospital lowest La Porte, IN · (219) 326-1234 78452 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Tomographic (S | $415.47 | $1,259.00 | $1,215.66–$5,582.47 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Porte Hospital La Porte, IN · (219) 326-1234 NM Myocardial Perfusion Rest Multi 1 | $1,608.92 | $4,875.51 | $1,215.66–$5,582.47 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Porte Hospital La Porte, IN · (219) 326-1234 NM Myocardial Perfusion RestStr Mult Sc1 - NM Myoc | $1,608.92 | $4,875.51 | $1,215.66–$5,582.47 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Porte Hospital La Porte, IN · (219) 326-1234 NM Myocardial Perfusion Stress Multi 1 | $1,608.92 | $4,875.51 | $1,215.66–$5,582.47 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $415.47, median $415.47, highest $415.47.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $679.86. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78452 ($3,092.31). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| La Porte Hospital La Porte, IN78452 26 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $70.62 | file |