Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Russellville, AL
In Russellville, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $342.94 to $825.00, with a median of $583.97. The lowest listed price is at Russellville Hospital — $241.03 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $610.00 at 35 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 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 Russellville, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville Hospital lowest Russellville, AL · (256) 332-1611 STRESS TEST | $342.94 | $1,319.00 | $33.31–$791.40 | 74% | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 TRAY CATH GRN 20CM 12F MHRKR | $825.00 | $825.00 | $206.25–$643.50 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 CV STRESS TEST TRACING ONLY | $986.00 | $986.00 | $246.50–$816.90 | — | — source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay, AL · (256) 356-9532 18CM MICRO CLAW W IRR SUC CAS | $6,886.00 | $6,886.00 | $404.58–$5,371.08 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $342.94, median $583.97, highest $825.00 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $583.97. 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 1 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 93017 ($820.65). 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.
| Russellville Hospital Russellville, ALCARDIAC STRESS PHARMALOGICAL | $65.00 | file |
| Russellville Hospital Russellville, ALCARDIAC STRESS TEST | $65.00 | file |