Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $1,012.50 to $1,594.50, with a median of $1,164.15. The lowest listed price is at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center — $151.65 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $897.60 at 84 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 93017, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jul 14, 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 Akron, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center lowest Ravenna, OH · (330) 297-2300 HC CARDIAC STRESS TST,TRACING ONLY | $1,012.50 | $1,350.00 | $220.60–$1,215.00 | 25% | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG TRCG ONLY | $1,164.15 | $1,791.00 | $506.49–$1,791.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 HB STRESS TEST TRACING | $1,594.50 | $2,126.00 | $722.84–$2,102.61 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,012.50, median $1,164.15, highest $1,594.50 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,088.33. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 code is the hospital's part of an exercise stress test, the treadmill test with a running EKG, without the doctor's supervision and report. Clinics bill the whole test under 93015.
What the price covers
The price covers the test and recording. The doctor's supervision and report are billed separately, and imaging such as a nuclear scan (78452) or stress echo (93351) is extra.