Scans and imaging CPT 78452 Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in Rochester, IN

In Rochester, IN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $5,060.25 to $5,060.25, with a median of $5,060.25. Across Indiana, the median is $3,756.67 at 80 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 22, 2026 and Sep 22, 2026.

Lowest$5,060.25Woodlawn Hospital

Median$5,060.25half of hospitals charge less

Highest$5,060.25in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Woodlawn Hospital Rochester, IN · (574) 223-3141 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT File of Sep 22, 2026 · source file	$5,060.25	$6,747.00	$280.83–$6,409.65	25%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $5,060.25, median $5,060.25, highest $5,060.25.

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. 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.