Stress test (hospital charge) cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $716.75 to $1,866.80, with a median of $1,551.20. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $834.45 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,414.40 at 99 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST | $716.75 | $2,867.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG TRCG ONLY | $1,551.20 | $2,770.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 CV STRS TST XERS&/OR RX CONT ECG TRCG ONLY | $1,551.20 | $2,770.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Cardiovascular Stre | $1,866.80 | $4,667.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $716.75, median $1,551.20, highest $1,866.80 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,551.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.