Nuclear stress test cost in Philadelphia, PA — inpatient
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 14 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $1,045.00 to $6,148.00, with a median of $1,937.60. The lowest listed price is at St. Francis Hospital Inc and 2 other hospitals — $892.60 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $4,206.60 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 13 cities for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 24, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Hospital Inc lowest Wilmington, DE PR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Tomographic Multi Studies at Rest or Stress | $1,045.00 | $1,045.00 | $47.50–$1,045.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Mary Medical Center lowest Langhorne, PA PR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Tomographic Multi Studies at Rest or Stress | $1,045.00 | $1,045.00 | $47.50–$1,045.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Nazareth Hospital lowest Philadelphia, PA PR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Tomographic Multi Studies at Rest or Stress | $1,045.00 | $1,045.00 | $47.50–$1,045.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern, PA Hc Myocardial Perfus Spect Mult Rest/Stres | $1,937.60 | $4,844.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA Hc Myocardial Perfus Spect Mult Rest/Stres | $1,937.60 | $4,844.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA Hc Myocardial Perfus Spect Mult Rest/Stres | $1,937.60 | $4,844.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA Hc Myocardial Perfus Spect Mult Rest/Stres | $1,937.60 | $4,844.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA Hc Myocardial Perfus Spect Mult Rest/Stres | $1,937.60 | $4,844.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $3,619.20 | $5,568.00 | $391.92–$5,289.60 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $3,768.05 | $5,797.00 | $1,064.06–$2,394.13 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $3,943.55 | $6,067.00 | $1,116.56–$2,512.26 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St. Francis Hospital Inc Wilmington, DE HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $4,559.75 | $7,015.00 | $891.20–$6,734.40 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ MYOCARD PERF IMG SPECT MULTI | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ Myocard Img Spect Multiple | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ MYOCARD PERF IMG SPECT MULTI | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ MYOCARD PERF IMG SPECT MULTI | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ Myocard Img Spect Multiple | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ MYOCARD PERF IMG SPECT MULTI | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ Myocard Img Spect Multiple | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ Myocard Img Spect Multiple | $4,891.90 | $4,891.90 | — | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE Myocardial Img Multi | $6,148.00 | $6,148.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE Myocardial Img Multi | $6,148.00 | $6,148.00 | — | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,045.00, median $1,937.60, highest $6,148.00 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 21 facilities here, median $1,937.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 4 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.