Stress test (hospital charge) cost in North Port, FL
In North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL, 3 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $3,692.89 to $9,162.95, with a median of $4,871.81. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Blake Hospital — $1,178.92 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $1,850.55 at 147 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 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital lowest Bradenton, FL · (941) 798-6110 STRESS TEST | $3,692.89 | $3,692.89 | $173.57–$3,397.46 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Englewood Hospital Venice, FL STRESS TEST | $4,871.81 | $4,871.81 | $228.98–$4,482.07 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Bradenton, FL Cardiovascular stress test using maximal or submaximal treadmill or bicycle exercise, continuous electrocardiographic monitoring, and/or pharmacological stress; tracing only, without interpretation an | $9,162.95 | $9,162.95 | — | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Bradenton, FL Cardiovascular stress test using maximal or submaximal treadmill or bicycle exercise, continuous electrocardiographic monitoring, and/or pharmacological stress; tracing only, without interpretation an UNSCHEDULED | $9,162.95 | $9,162.95 | $1,076.07–$1,098.72 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Bradenton, FL Cardiovascular stress test using maximal or submaximal treadmill or bicycle exercise, continuous electrocardiographic monitoring, and/or pharmacological stress; tracing only, without interpretation an SCHEDULED | $9,162.95 | $9,162.95 | $59.85–$61.11 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital Bradenton, FL STRESS TEST | $9,162.95 | $9,162.95 | $430.66–$8,429.91 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,692.89, median $4,871.81, highest $9,162.95 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 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.