Nuclear stress test cost in Ripley, WV
In Ripley, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $2,072.50 to $2,072.50, with a median of $2,072.50. Across West Virginia, the median is $2,874.75 at 16 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Association Ripley, WV · (304) 372-2731 HT MUSCLE IMAGE SPECT MULT | $2,072.50 | $4,145.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,072.50, median $2,072.50, highest $2,072.50.
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.
| Community Health Association Ripley, WVNUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDIES OF HEART MUSCLE AT REST AND WITH STRESS AND SPECT | $76.50 | file |