Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Portland, ME
In Portland-South Portland, ME, 5 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $346.84 to $1,746.30, with a median of $691.80. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital — $344.96 less than the median here. Across Maine, the median is $535.70 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 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 Sep 9, 2025 and Sep 9, 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 Portland-South Portland, ME.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital lowest Portland, ME STRESS TEST CARDIAC TRACING | $346.84 | $1,334.00 | $712.36–$1,016.51 | 74% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital lowest Portland, ME CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $346.84 | $1,334.00 | $712.36–$1,016.51 | 74% | — source file |
| MaineHealth Brunswick, ME · (207) 729-0181 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $535.70 | $535.70 | $304.11–$1,087.65 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| York Hospital York, ME · (207) 351-2478 STRESS TEST | $691.80 | $1,153.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| MaineHealth Biddeford, ME HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $875.50 | $875.50 | $301.39–$1,368.91 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| MaineHealth Portland, ME · (207) 662-0111 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $1,746.30 | $1,746.30 | $301.39–$1,641.52 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $346.84, median $691.80, highest $1,746.30 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $691.80. 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 3 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 1 it is 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.