Nuclear stress test cost in Tulsa, OK — inpatient
In Tulsa, OK, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $2,001.05 to $2,672.54, with a median of $2,336.80. The lowest listed price is at St. John Broken Arrow, Inc. and 1 other hospital — $335.75 less than the median here. Across Oklahoma, the median is $2,672.54 at 17 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Tulsa, OK.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John Broken Arrow, Inc. lowest Jenks, OK DOBUTAMINE MYOPERF 59831 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Broken Arrow, Inc. lowest Jenks, OK EXER MYOCARDINAL PERF 59823 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Broken Arrow, Inc. lowest Jenks, OK PERS MYOCARDIAL PERF 59822 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Broken Arrow, Inc. lowest Jenks, OK LEXI MYOCARDINAL PERF 19404 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Medical Center, Inc. lowest Tulsa, OK DOBUTAMINE MYO PERF 59831 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64–$874.80 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Medical Center, Inc. lowest Tulsa, OK EXER MYOCARDIAL PERF 59823 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64–$874.80 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Medical Center, Inc. lowest Tulsa, OK LEXI MYOCARDIAL PERF 19404 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64–$874.80 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Medical Center, Inc. lowest Tulsa, OK DOBUTAMINE MYOPERF 59831 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64–$874.80 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Medical Center, Inc. lowest Tulsa, OK EXER MYOCARDINAL PERF 59823 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64–$874.80 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Medical Center, Inc. lowest Tulsa, OK PERS MYOCARDIAL PERF 59822 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64–$874.80 | 63% | — source file |
| St. John Medical Center, Inc. lowest Tulsa, OK LEXI MYOCARDINAL PERF 19404 | $2,001.05 | $5,408.25 | $414.64–$874.80 | 63% | — source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital Yale Tulsa, OK Hc Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult | $2,672.54 | $6,681.35 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital Yale Tulsa, OK Hc Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $2,672.54 | $6,681.35 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital South Tulsa, OK Hc Ht Muscle Image Spect Mult | $2,672.54 | $6,681.35 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital South Tulsa, OK Hc Myocardial Spect Multiple Studies | $2,672.54 | $6,681.35 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $2,001.05, median $2,336.80, highest $2,672.54 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $2,336.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 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.