Nuclear stress test cost in Corning, IA — inpatient
In Corning, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $2,438.88 to $2,438.88, with a median of $2,438.88. 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa Corning, IA · (641) 322-3121 HC MYOCARDIAL SPCT STDY MUL | $2,438.88 | $5,081.00 | $3,048.60–$4,979.38 | 52% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $2,438.88, median $2,438.88, highest $2,438.88.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,438.88 — 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 below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.
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.
| Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa Corning, IAPC MYOCARDIAL SPECT MULTIPLE STUDIES | $104.64 | file |