Nuclear stress test cost in Omaha, NE
In Omaha, NE-IA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,139.10 to $2,489.69, with a median of $2,045.82. The lowest listed price is at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital — $906.72 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $2,379.00 at 17 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 cities for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 14, 2026 and Aug 10, 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 Omaha, NE-IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital lowest Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 NM Exam | $1,139.10 | $3,797.00 | $1,165.54–$2,976.45 | 70% | Feb 15, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 NM Exam | $1,366.92 | $3,797.00 | $1,165.54–$2,976.45 | 64% | Feb 14, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 NM Exam | $1,366.92 | $3,797.00 | $1,165.54–$2,976.45 | 64% | Feb 14, 2026 source file |
| Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 NM Stress Exam | $1,592.10 | $5,307.00 | $1,165.54–$3,714.90 | 70% | Feb 15, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 NM Stress Exam | $1,910.52 | $5,307.00 | $1,165.54–$3,714.90 | 64% | Feb 14, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 NM Stress Exam | $1,910.52 | $5,307.00 | $1,165.54–$3,714.90 | 64% | Feb 14, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,045.82 | $4,871.00 | $828.07–$4,140.35 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Creighton Health Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,045.82 | $4,871.00 | $675.74–$4,140.35 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,045.82 | $4,871.00 | $675.74–$4,140.35 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Creighton Health Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,045.82 | $4,871.00 | $675.74–$4,140.35 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,045.82 | $4,871.00 | $675.74–$4,140.35 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,045.82 | $4,871.00 | $675.74–$4,140.35 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT STDY MULTI | $2,168.88 | $5,164.00 | $675.74–$4,389.40 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT STDY MULTI | $2,168.88 | $5,164.00 | $675.74–$4,389.40 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT STDY MULTI | $2,168.88 | $5,164.00 | $877.88–$4,389.40 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT STDY MULTI | $2,168.88 | $5,164.00 | $675.74–$4,389.40 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Creighton Health Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT STDY MULTI | $2,168.88 | $5,164.00 | $675.74–$4,389.40 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Creighton Health Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC MYOCARDIAL SPECT STDY MULTI | $2,168.88 | $5,164.00 | $675.74–$4,389.40 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT | $2,379.00 | $3,660.00 | $915.00–$9,451.95 | 35% | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT | $2,379.00 | $3,660.00 | $915.00–$9,451.95 | 35% | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,489.69 | $5,081.00 | $1,778.35–$4,979.38 | 51% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,139.10, median $2,045.82, highest $2,489.69 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $2,045.82. 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 10 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IAPC MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $106.82 | file |