Stress test (hospital charge) cost in St. Louis, MO
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 10 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge: from $792.00 to $3,113.64, with a median of $1,406.17. The lowest listed price is at St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis — $614.17 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $892.02 at 24 hospitals.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis lowest Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 HC STRESS TEST TRACING ONLY | $792.00 | $1,100.00 | $220.00–$1,100.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville, IL · (618) 664-1230 HC STRESS TEST TRACING ONLY | $874.80 | $1,215.00 | $150.84–$1,215.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,052.35 | $1,619.00 | $188.64–$408.81 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,340.95 | $2,063.00 | $134.10–$2,063.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,363.70 | $2,098.00 | $188.64–$1,015.71 | 35% | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC STRESS TEST TRACING ONLY | $1,448.64 | $2,012.00 | $143.65–$2,012.00 | 28% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC STRESS TEST TRACING ONLY | $1,567.44 | $2,177.00 | $143.65–$2,177.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,574.30 | $2,422.00 | $179.21–$1,015.71 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Cardiac Stress Test Tracing Only | $1,703.65 | $2,621.00 | $188.64–$1,015.71 | 35% | — source file |
| Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 NI-STRESS TEST | $3,113.64 | $5,189.40 | $5,189.40 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $792.00, median $1,406.17, highest $3,113.64 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,448.64. 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 6 of 10 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.