Treadmill stress test cost in San Diego, CA
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for treadmill or drug stress test with ECG, supervision and report: from $270.40 to $1,148.25, with a median of $270.40. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $270.40 at 22 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 93015, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos lowest San Marcos, CA · (760) 528-6295 CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG W/SI&R | $270.40 | $520.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa lowest San Diego, CA CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG W/SI&R | $270.40 | $520.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion lowest San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG W/SI&R | $270.40 | $520.00 | — | 48% | — source file |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego, CA · (858) 576-1700 Rch Gxt Grded Exer (Stress-Global) | $1,148.25 | $1,531.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $270.40, median $270.40, highest $1,148.25 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $270.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
A stress test records your heart's electrical activity (ECG) while you walk on a treadmill or ride a bike, or after a medicine that makes the heart work harder. It is ordered to check for heart problems such as blocked arteries, often after chest pain.
What the price covers
This global code covers the test itself plus the supervising clinician and the doctor's interpretation and report. Heart imaging with the test (echo or nuclear) and any stress medicine are billed with other codes.