Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Houma, LA — inpatient
In Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $228.89 to $340.12, with a median of $284.51. The lowest listed price is at Leonard J Chabert Medical Center — $55.62 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $336.08 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center lowest Houma, LA · (985) 873-2200 HC CARDIAC STRESS TEST W/WO PHARM | $228.89 | $487.00 | — | 53% | — source file |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC CARDIAC STRESS TEST W/WO PHARM | $340.12 | $773.00 | — | 56% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $228.89, median $284.51, highest $340.12 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $284.51 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.