Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $104.76 to $614.06, with a median of $573.37. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt University Medical Center — $468.61 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $223.95 at 42 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center lowest Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 CARDIAC STRESS TST,TRACING ONLY | $104.76 | $194.00 | $19.90–$194.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC STRESS TEST TRACING ONLY | $532.73 | $1,837.00 | $151.56–$1,469.60 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 THALLIUM EXERCISE | $614.00 | $2,046.65 | $51.25–$1,043.79 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 THALLIUM EXERCISE | $614.00 | $2,046.65 | $51.25–$1,043.79 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 PHARMALOGIC CHALLENGE | $614.00 | $2,046.65 | $51.25–$1,043.79 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $614.00 | $2,046.65 | $51.25–$1,043.79 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 PHARMALOGIC CHALLENGE | $614.00 | $2,046.65 | $51.25–$1,043.79 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $614.00 | $2,046.65 | $51.25–$1,043.79 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST STH | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 PHARMALOGIC CHALLENGE STH | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 THALLIUM EXERCISE STH | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 EX TEST TREADMILL | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 THALLIUM EX | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 PHARMACOLOGICAL CHALLENGE | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST STH | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 PHARMALOGIC CHALLENGE STH | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 THALLIUM EXERCISE STH | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 CARDIO STRESS TRACE WO INT | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro, TN · (615) 396-4100 CARDIO STRESS TRACE WO INT | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 EX TEST TREADMILL | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 THALLIUM EX | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 PHARMACOLOGICAL CHALLENGE | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville, TN · (615) 222-2111 CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $614.06 | $2,046.85 | $51.25–$1,043.89 | 70% | — source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC STRESS TEST TRACING ONLY | $991.98 | $1,837.00 | $150.39–$1,469.60 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $104.76, median $573.37, highest $614.06 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $573.37. 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 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TNCARDIAC STRESS TST,TRACING ONLY | $56.26 | file |