Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Oxnard, CA — inpatient
In Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $980.65 to $1,035.00, with a median of $1,007.83. The lowest listed price is at Dignity Health — $27.18 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,209.95 at 151 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity Health lowest Camarillo, CA CARDIOVAS STR TEST WO RX | $980.65 | $2,363.00 | $164.26–$1,890.40 | 58% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Dignity Health Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 CARDIOVAS STR TEST WO RX | $1,035.00 | $2,363.00 | $164.26–$1,843.14 | 56% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $980.65, median $1,007.83, highest $1,035.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,035.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.