Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Fort Wayne, IN — inpatient
In Fort Wayne, IN, 6 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $89.10 to $1,258.65, with a median of $720.66. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Regional Medical Center — $631.56 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $847.00 at 59 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 cities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 93017 STRESS TEST - TRACING ONLY | $89.10 | $162.00 | $48.44–$145.80 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC EKG STRESS TEST | $622.50 | $1,245.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC EKG STRESS TEST | $654.00 | $1,308.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 NM Cardiovascular Stress Test Trace Only | $677.60 | $1,232.00 | $368.37–$1,108.80 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 NI Stress Test | $677.60 | $1,232.00 | $368.37–$1,108.80 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 Cardiac Stress Test | $677.60 | $1,232.00 | $368.37–$1,108.80 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN NI Stress Test | $787.32 | $2,916.00 | $787.32–$2,916.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN Cardiac Stress Test | $787.32 | $2,916.00 | $787.32–$2,916.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 Cardiac Stress Test | $1,001.88 | $2,783.00 | $701.25–$2,504.70 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 NI Stress Test | $1,001.88 | $2,783.00 | $701.25–$2,504.70 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 Cardiac Stress Test | $1,258.65 | $2,797.00 | $830.71–$2,517.30 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 NI Stress Test | $1,258.65 | $2,797.00 | $830.71–$2,517.30 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $89.10, median $720.66, highest $1,258.65 — a 14.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $704.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93017 ($818.10). 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.
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN93017 STRESS TEST - TRACING ONLY | $43.74 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN93017 STRESS TEST - TRACING ONLY | $58.32 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN93017 STRESS TEST - TRACING ONLY | $72.90 | file |