Nuclear stress test cost in Riverside, CA
In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 24 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $809.00 to $14,798.25, with a median of $3,264.76. The lowest listed price is at San Antonio Regional Hospital — $2,455.76 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $4,058.80 at 195 hospitals.
- The median here, $3,264.76, is about the same as the US median of $3,277.78.
- That is 2.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,322.69).
- Riverside, CA ranks 2nd of 5 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 24 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 24 facilities across 19 cities for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 25, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Lowest$809.00San Antonio Regional Hospital
Median$3,264.76half of hospitals charge less
Highest$14,798.25in this market
Difference18.3×highest vs lowest
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.
median
Lowest $809.00Highest $14,798.25
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Regional Hospital lowest Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $809.00 | $12,832.00 | $499.34–$23,578.80 | 94% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC Heart Muscle Image Spect-Mult+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $824.24 | $5,220.00 | $348.12–$5,743.37 | 84% |
| St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA · (760) 242-2311 HC NM MYCARD PERFUS SPECT MULTIPLE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,494.72 | $3,114.00 | — | 52% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC CARDIOLITE PERFUSION SCAN 1 DY File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $1,523.70 | $3,386.00 | $612.87–$2,539.50 | 55% |
| Desert Valley Hospital Victorville, CA · (760) 241-8000 NM MYOCARD PERF MULTI SPECT - 78452 - 46578452+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,656.00 | $7,483.00 | $295.90–$7,483.00 | 78% |
| Chino Valley Medical Center Chino, CA · (909) 627-6111 Hc Nm Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,656.00 | $10,855.60 | $295.90–$10,855.60 | 85% |
| Montclair Hospital Medical Center Montclair, CA · (909) 625-8300 Hc Nm Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,656.00 | $10,855.60 | $295.90–$10,855.60 | 85% |
| St Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino, CA · (909) 883-8711 NM MYOCAR SPECT WALL MULT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $1,826.19 | $5,548.00 | $348.12–$7,092.30 | 67% |
| San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Banning, CA · (951) 769-2101 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $1,963.42 | $9,817.10 | $1,574.12–$4,970.91 | 80% |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC CARDIOLITE PERFUSION SCAN 1 DY File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $2,423.25 | $5,385.00 | $598.77–$4,846.50 | 55% |
| Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC CARDIOLITE PERFUSION SCAN 1 DY File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file | $2,684.70 | $5,966.00 | $584.84–$5,071.10 | 55% |
| Redlands Community Hospital Redlands, CA · (909) 335-5500 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT File of Jun 19, 2026 · source file | $2,853.12 | $11,888.00 | $221.00–$10,699.20 | 76% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% |
| Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,676.40 | $7,070.00 | $1,185.00–$3,525.00 | 48% |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 NM-MYOCARDIAL PERF SPECT MULT File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $3,843.00 | $3,843.00 | $348.12–$3,843.00 | — |
| Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA · (909) 887-6333 NM MYOCAR SPECT WALL MULT File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $4,122.02 | $10,601.00 | $348.12–$10,601.00 | 61% |
| Victor Valley Global Medical Center Victorville, CA · (760) 245-8691 NM MYOCARDIAL PERF SPECT MULT File of May 13, 2026 · source file | $4,872.00 | $4,872.00 | $348.12–$4,872.00 | — |
| San Bernardino County Colton, CA · (909) 580-1000 HC HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT - NM HEART PERFUSION SPECT STRESS & REST File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $5,853.00 | $5,853.00 | $348.12–$4,243.43 | — |
| Menifee Global Medical Center Menifee, CA · (951) 679-8888 NM CARD S/R SPECT MULTI File of May 20, 2026 · source file | $6,097.00 | $6,097.00 | $348.12–$6,097.00 | — |
| Hemet Global Medical Center Hemet, CA · (951) 652-2811 NM CARD S/R SPECT MULTI File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $6,097.00 | $6,097.00 | $348.12–$6,097.00 | — |
| Barstow Community Hospital Barstow, CA · (760) 256-1761 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file | $8,984.72 | $14,974.53 | $499.34–$14,166.70 | 40% |
| Riverside University Medical Center Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC Cardiolite Perfusion Scan 1 Dy+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $9,767.79 | $9,767.79 | $295.90–$9,767.79 | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital Riverside, CA · (951) 788-3000 Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT) (including attenuation correction, qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection fraction by first pass or gated technique, additional quantificat +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $14,798.25 | $14,798.25 | $1,303.56–$13,318.42 | — |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $809.00, median $3,264.76, highest $14,798.25 — a 18.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $3,676.40. 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 13 of 23 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.
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