Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Omaha, NE
In Omaha, NE-IA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $197.37 to $1,034.25, with a median of $339.90. The lowest listed price is at CHI Health Bergan Mercy and 4 other hospitals — $142.53 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $1,124.75 at 45 hospitals.
- The median here, $339.90, is 58% below the US median of $805.86.
- That is 1.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($220.60).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 93017, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 14, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Omaha, NE-IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC PROCAINAMIDE CHALLENGE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $197.37 | $459.00 | $73.44–$506.71 | 57% |
| CHI Health Midlands lowest Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC PROCAINAMIDE CHALLENGE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $197.37 | $459.00 | $78.03–$506.71 | 57% |
| CHI Health Lakeside lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC PROCAINAMIDE CHALLENGE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $197.37 | $459.00 | $64.26–$506.71 | 57% |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center lowest Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC PROCAINAMIDE CHALLENGE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $197.37 | $459.00 | $73.44–$506.71 | 57% |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs lowest Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC PROCAINAMIDE CHALLENGE File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $197.37 | $459.00 | $68.85–$499.39 | 57% |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 PFL-Pulmonary Lab Exercise Challenge+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file | $309.00 | $1,030.00 | $112.48–$1,013.00 | 70% |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 Cardiac Stress Test Treadmill tracing only without File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file | $360.00 | $1,200.00 | $112.48–$1,013.00 | 70% |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 Cardiac Treadmill+5 more lines at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file | $370.80 | $1,030.00 | $112.48–$1,013.00 | 64% |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 Cardiac Stress Test Treadmill tracing only without+1 more line at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file | $432.00 | $1,200.00 | $112.48–$1,013.00 | 64% |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC LEXISCAN THALLIUM STRESS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $591.68 | $1,376.00 | $82.66–$1,169.60 | 57% |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC LEXISCAN THALLIUM STRESS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $591.68 | $1,376.00 | $82.66–$1,169.60 | 57% |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC LEXISCAN THALLIUM STRESS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $591.68 | $1,376.00 | $82.66–$1,169.60 | 57% |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC LEXISCAN THALLIUM STRESS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $591.68 | $1,376.00 | $82.66–$1,169.60 | 57% |
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC LEXISCAN THALLIUM STRESS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $591.68 | $1,376.00 | $82.66–$1,169.60 | 57% |
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $838.00 | $1,676.00 | $620.12–$1,642.48 | 50% |
| Memorial Community Hospital Blair, NE · (402) 426-1502 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ECG) File of Jul 15, 2026 · source file | $858.60 | $1,073.25 | $504.43–$1,051.79 | 20% |
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $896.55 | $2,085.00 | $82.66–$1,772.25 | 57% |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $896.55 | $2,085.00 | $82.66–$1,772.25 | 57% |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $896.55 | $2,085.00 | $82.66–$1,772.25 | 57% |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $896.55 | $2,085.00 | $82.66–$1,772.25 | 57% |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $896.55 | $2,085.00 | $82.66–$1,772.25 | 57% |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ECG) File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $969.15 | $1,491.00 | $241.11–$3,850.51 | 35% |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ECG) File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $969.15 | $1,491.00 | $241.11–$3,850.51 | 35% |
| Saunders Medical Center Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 SAMC Stress Exercise or Drug File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,034.25 | $1,379.00 | — | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $197.37, median $339.90, highest $1,034.25 — a 5.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $197.37. 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 11 of 11 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 stress test (hospital charge) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Stress test (hospital charge) explained.
6 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93017 ($825.00). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NEHC TREADMILL FIRESCREEN | $10.75 | file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NEHC TREADMILL FIRESCREEN | $10.75 | file |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IAHC TREADMILL FIRESCREEN | $10.75 | file |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NEHC TREADMILL FIRESCREEN | $10.75 | file |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NEHC TREADMILL FIRESCREEN | $10.75 | file |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NEHC TREADMILL FIRESCREEN | $10.75 | file |