Nuclear stress test cost in Shelby, MT — inpatient
In Shelby, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies as an inpatient: from $1,649.38 to $1,649.38, with a median of $1,649.38. Across Montana, the median is $2,064.00 at 11 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78452, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 NC Exam | $1,649.38 | $2,537.50 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,649.38, median $1,649.38, highest $1,649.38.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,649.38 — 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.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78452 ($3,469.00). 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.
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocardial Perf Thallium Treadmill - Report | $116.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocardial Perf Cardiolite Pharm - Report | $116.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocardial Perf Cardiolite Treadmill - Report | $116.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocard Perf Dual Isotope Treadmill - Report | $116.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocardial Perf Dual Isotope Pharm - Report | $116.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocardial Perf Myoview Treadmill - Report | $116.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocardial Perf Myoview Pharm - Report | $116.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MTNM Myocardial Perf Thallium Pharm - Report | $116.35 | file |