Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Nuclear stress test cost in Youngstown, OH — inpatient

In Youngstown-Warren, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $4,532.40 to $4,532.40, with a median of $4,532.40. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health Youngstown LLC and 1 other hospital. Across Ohio, the median is $3,953.40 at 94 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$4,532.40Mercy Health Youngstown LLC + 1 more
Median$4,532.40half pay less
Highest$4,532.40in 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH.

median
Lowest $4,532.40Highest $4,532.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Health Youngstown LLC lowest Youngstown, OH HC NM Sest. Rest Stress Mult $4,532.40 $7,554.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health Youngstown LLC lowest Youngstown, OH HC NM Sest. Rest Stress Mult $4,532.40 $7,554.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health Youngstown LLC lowest Warren, OH HC NM Sest. Rest Stress Mult $4,532.40 $7,554.00 — 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $4,532.40, median $4,532.40, highest $4,532.40.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $4,532.40 — 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.