Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93017 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Lubbock, TX — inpatient

In Lubbock, TX, 5 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $880.32 to $2,007.00, with a median of $880.32. The lowest listed price is at Covenant Medical Center and 2 other hospitals. Across Texas, the median is $1,251.88 at 94 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities 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.

Lowest$880.32Covenant Medical Center + 2 more
Median$880.32half pay less
Highest$2,007.00in this market
Difference2.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lubbock, TX.

median
Lowest $880.32Highest $2,007.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Covenant Medical Center lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG TRCG ONLY $880.32 $2,096.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Long-Term Care lowest Lubbock, TX HC CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG TRCG ONLY $880.32 $2,096.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Children's Hospital lowest Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG TRCG ONLY $880.32 $2,096.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Lubbock Heritage Hospital Lubbock, TX HC CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG TRCG ONLY $1,356.18 $3,229.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Ekg Exercise Treadmill $2,007.00 $2,007.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $880.32, median $880.32, highest $2,007.00 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $880.32 — 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.