Nuclear stress test cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 25 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $450.00 to $5,287.50, with a median of $1,426.50. The lowest listed price is at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases and 3 other hospitals — $976.50 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $1,544.85 at 55 hospitals.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 19 cities for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Aug 13, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest New York, NY Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$2,373.70 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest New York, NY Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$405.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Basking Ridge, NJ Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$2,373.70 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Basking Ridge, NJ Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$405.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest West Harrison, NY Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$2,373.70 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest West Harrison, NY Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$405.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Middletown, NJ Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$2,373.70 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Middletown, NJ Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $450.00 | $450.00 | $79.61–$405.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 CHG MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $506.51 | $1,871.45 | $340.42–$1,094.22 | 73% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $853.40 | $8,534.00 | $623.84–$6,827.20 | 90% | Feb 2, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,157.86 | $6,094.01 | $365.11–$6,398.71 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,157.86 | $6,094.01 | $365.11–$6,398.71 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,157.86 | $6,094.01 | $365.11–$6,398.71 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,181.60 | $1,688.00 | $352.29–$534.95 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,215.75 | $6,398.71 | $365.11–$6,398.71 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $1,215.75 | $6,398.71 | $365.11–$6,398.71 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 Multiple studies, at rest and / stress | $1,220.00 | $1,220.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ · (973) 383-2121 NM Myocard Spect Mult | $1,426.50 | $13,112.00 | — | 89% | — source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $1,444.98 | $6,381.00 | $1,059.25–$6,381.00 | 77% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ · (732) 294-7012 NM Myocard Spect Mult | $1,661.73 | $6,292.00 | — | 74% | — source file |
| University Hospital Newark, NJ · (973) 972-4300 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $1,735.11 | $4,408.17 | $316.20–$4,187.76 | 61% | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 NM Myocard Spect Mult | $1,741.99 | $4,808.00 | — | 64% | — source file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 NM Myocard Spect Mult | $1,741.99 | $4,721.00 | — | 63% | — source file |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 NM Myocard Spect Mult | $1,741.99 | $9,506.00 | — | 82% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 MP-STR/RST OR RST/RD 7261037 | $2,566.80 | $4,278.00 | $369.08–$3,208.50 | 40% | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult | $3,643.50 | $5,205.00 | — | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $5,287.50 | $5,875.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $5,287.50 | $5,875.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $5,287.50 | $5,875.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $5,287.50 | $5,875.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $5,287.50 | $5,875.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 MYOC PERF,PLANAR,MULT RST/STRS | $5,995.00 | $5,995.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUD | $6,215.00 | $6,215.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $450.00, median $1,426.50, highest $5,287.50 — a 11.8× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 48 facilities here, median $1,488.12 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 13 of 14 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.
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.
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYMULTIPLE STUDIES, AT REST AND/OR STRESS | $205.00 | file |