Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in Toccoa, GA

In Toccoa, GA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $1,618.80 to $1,618.80, with a median of $1,618.80. Across Georgia, the median is $2,564.90 at 65 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 19, 2026 and May 19, 2026.

Lowest$1,618.80Stephens County Hospital
Median$1,618.80half pay less
Highest$1,618.80in this market
Difference1.0×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 Toccoa, GA.

median
Lowest $1,618.80Highest $3,298.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Stephens County Hospital lowest Toccoa, GA · (706) 282-4250 NM STRESS THALLIUM $1,618.80 $2,698.00 $867.41–$2,428.20 40% May 19, 2026
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Stephens County Hospital Toccoa, GA · (706) 282-4250 NM MYOCARDIAL PERF S AND R $3,298.80 $5,498.00 $1,270.57–$4,948.20 40% May 19, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,618.80, median $1,618.80, highest $1,618.80.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78452 ($3,469.00). 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.

Stephens County Hospital Toccoa, GANM HEART MUSCLE BLOOD, MULTIPLE $185.40 file
Stephens County Hospital Toccoa, GANM HEART IMAGE (3D) MULTIPLE $327.00 file