Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in Plainview, TX

In Plainview, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $2,476.74 to $2,476.74, with a median of $2,476.74. Across Texas, the median is $4,279.95 at 92 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,476.74Methodist Hospital Plainview
Median$2,476.74half pay less
Highest$2,476.74in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Methodist Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE $2,476.74 $5,897.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,476.74, median $2,476.74, highest $2,476.74.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,476.74. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.