Nuclear stress test cost in Staunton, VA — inpatient
In Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $1,496.50 to $1,496.50, with a median of $1,496.50. Across Virginia, the median is $3,168.00 at 36 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta Health Fishersville, VA · (540) 332-4000 Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult | $1,496.50 | $2,993.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,496.50, median $1,496.50, highest $1,496.50.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,496.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.
| Augusta Health Fishersville, VANuc Stress Test Pro-Mult | $104.50 | file |