Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Nuclear stress test cost in Monticello, NY — inpatient

In Monticello, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $763.50 to $763.50, with a median of $763.50. Across New York, the median is $2,203.81 at 72 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$763.50Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills
Median$763.50half pay less
Highest$763.50in 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 Monticello, NY.

median
Lowest $763.50Highest $819.36

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills lowest Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC CARDIAC THALLIUM VIABLILTY $763.50 $4,127.00 — 81% Apr 1, 2026
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Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC CARD PERF STRS &/OR REST MULTI $819.36 $4,429.00 — 82% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $763.50, median $763.50, highest $763.50.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $763.50 — 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.