Nuclear stress test cost in Centerville, IA — inpatient
In Centerville, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $1,216.00 to $1,216.00, with a median of $1,216.00. Across Iowa, the median is $1,664.00 at 31 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 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 Centerville, IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Centerville lowest Centerville, IA PR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Tomographic Multi Studies at Rest or Stress | $1,216.00 | $1,216.00 | $47.50–$1,216.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Centerville Centerville, IA HC NM Imaging Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Multiple Studies at Rest or Stress | $4,482.00 | $4,482.00 | $1,229.86–$4,482.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,216.00, median $1,216.00, highest $1,216.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,664.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not 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.
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.
| St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Centerville Centerville, IAHC NM Img Myocardial Perfusion Tomographic (Spect) Mult Studies at Rest or Str (Rest Meth II CAH) | $70.00 | file |