Doctor visits and therapy CPT 93017 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Stress test (hospital charge) cost in Seaford, DE — inpatient

In Seaford, DE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $817.00 to $1,093.68, with a median of $955.34. The lowest listed price is at TidalHealth Nanticoke — $138.34 less than the median here. Across Delaware, the median is $1,223.44 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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.

Lowest$817.00TidalHealth Nanticoke
Median$955.34half pay less
Highest$1,093.68in this market
Difference1.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Seaford, DE.

median
Lowest $817.00Highest $1,093.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
TidalHealth Nanticoke lowest Seaford, DE · (302) 629-6611 HC Exer Tolerance Test $817.00 $817.00 $208.39–$759.81 — —
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Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus Milford, DE · (302) 422-3311 Hc Cardiovascular Stress Test W/O Intrp And Report $1,093.68 $1,302.00 — 16% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $817.00, median $955.34, highest $1,093.68 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,093.68 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.