Nuclear stress test cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $809.00 to $9,767.79, with a median of $2,423.25. The lowest listed price is at San Antonio Regional Hospital — $1,614.25 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $3,676.40 at 95 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 11 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 17, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Regional Hospital lowest Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT | $809.00 | $12,832.00 | $499.34–$23,578.80 | 94% | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE | $1,494.72 | $3,114.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC CARDIOLITE PERFUSION SCAN 1 DY | $1,523.70 | $3,386.00 | $612.87–$2,539.50 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 NM MYOCARD PERF MULTI SPECT - 78452 - 46578452 | $1,656.00 | $7,483.00 | $295.90–$7,483.00 | 78% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Nm Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $1,656.00 | $10,855.60 | $295.90–$10,855.60 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Nm Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $1,656.00 | $10,855.60 | $295.90–$10,855.60 | 85% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 NM MYOCARD PERF MULTI SPECT - 78452 - 4570178452 | $1,656.00 | $7,483.00 | $295.90–$7,483.00 | 78% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC CARDIOLITE PERFUSION SCAN 1 DY | $2,423.25 | $5,385.00 | $598.77–$4,846.50 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC CARDIOLITE PERFUSION SCAN 1 DY | $2,684.70 | $5,966.00 | $584.84–$5,071.10 | 55% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% | — source file |
| Hospital of Barstow Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT | $8,984.72 | $14,974.53 | $499.34–$14,166.70 | 40% | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Cardiolite Perfusion Scan 1 Dy | $9,767.79 | $9,767.79 | $295.90–$9,767.79 | — | — source file |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Cardiolite Perfusion Scan 1 Dy | $9,767.79 | $9,767.79 | $295.90–$9,767.79 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $809.00, median $2,423.25, highest $9,767.79 — a 12.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $3,180.55. 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 8 of 12 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.